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HOW OLD IS SATURN ANDITS RINGS
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Saturn is expected to be about
the same age as the Sun - around 4.5 billion years old (4,500,000,000,000
years). The age of its rings is not really known. Some scientists believe
that they are only 100 million years old (100,000,000 years which is quite
recent in space history!), and may have been formed when an object like a
comet collided with a moon of Saturn. Other scientists believe that they may
be as old as Saturn itself and formed while Saturn was forming.
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do not think you have written how many hours or days it takes for saturn
to orbit the sun. But your website is great and have a merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas to you too! Saturn takes 29 and a half
years to orbit the Sun. Statistics about Saturn (and all of the other
planets) can be found on the main pages to each planet now.
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