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Saturn
Saturn and its spectacular rings, in a natural-color composite of 126 images taken by the Cassini spacecraft on October 6, 2004. The view is directed toward Saturn's southern hemisphere, which is tipped toward the Sun. Shadows cast by the rings are visible against the bluish northern hemisphere, while the planet's shadow is projected on the rings to the left.
Saturn orbits the Sun at a mean distance of approximately 1,427,000,000 kilometers (887 million miles), which is equivalent to 9.5 astronomical units (AU).12