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ShareSaturn 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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