... , Uranus and Neptune, like the rings, it still has various unique differences in its own right. Saturn is one of the outer planets, located between Jupiter and Uranus. It is farther away from the sun then the five other planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter. The planet has been as close as 840 million miles and the furthest of ... it causes it to spread out, or oblate, its center, when viewed through a small telescope, looks visibly flattened. Its equatorial and polar diameters vary by almost 10% (120,536 km vs. 108,728 km); the other gas planets also oblate, but not as muc...

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