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|body=[[Sol]]<ref name="enc295"/> | |body=[[Sol]]<ref name="enc295"/> | ||
|position=Sixth planet<ref name="enc295"/> | |position=Sixth planet<ref name="enc295"/> | ||
|moon(s)=62 | |moon(s)=62, including [[Titan]]<ref name="mythos">'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page ???''</ref> | ||
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|gravity=1.139 G | |gravity=1.139 G | ||
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|yearlength=29.5 | |yearlength=29.5 years | ||
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'''Saturn''' is a planetary gas giant and the second biggest planet in the [[Sol system]]. It is the sixth planet from Sol, after [[Jupiter]].<ref name="enc295"/> | '''Saturn''' is a planetary gas giant and the second biggest planet in the [[Sol system]]. It is the sixth planet from Sol, after [[Jupiter]].<ref name="enc295"/> | ||
Saturn is considered one of the more visually appearing objects in the Sol system, due to the gas giant's bright, massive system of [[Wikipedia:Planetary ring|planetary rings]]. Saturn's [[natural satellite]]s are not as explored as [[Jupiter]]'s [[Jovian Moons|moons]].<ref name=" | Saturn is considered one of the more visually appearing objects in the Sol system, due to the gas giant's bright, massive system of [[Wikipedia:Planetary ring|planetary rings]]. Saturn's [[natural satellite]]s are not as explored as [[Jupiter]]'s [[Jovian Moons|moons]],<ref name="enc295"/> though [[Titan]] has been established as a industrial [[Human colonies|colony]] of the [[Unified Earth Government]]. Saturn itself is also home to [[helium]]-3 mining facilities, as well as research habitats that orbit the planet.<ref name="mythos"/> | ||
The gas giant's practical uses to the [[United Nations Space Command]] are limited, due to Saturn's distance from Sol and the lack of necessity to be colonized, and therefore it is mostly just a tourist destination.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 283''</ref> A tourist station called [[Castellaneta]] is positioned in geosynchronous orbit on the "sunny side" of Saturn's outermost ring.<ref>'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''Chapter 5''</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
