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BookmarkSaturn is the sixth planet from the Sun.
It is a gas giant, the second-largest planet in the solar system after Jupiter.
Saturn has a prominent system of rings, consisting of mostly ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust..
For more information about the topic Saturn, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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Precession — Precession refers to a change in the direction of the axis of a rotating object. In certain contexts, "precession" may refer to the precession that ... > read moreNote: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Saturn at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
