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Saturn
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 5
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   3.08

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    density, planet, orbit, sixth, giant, bits, twice, surface, bathtub, center, million, second, float, beautiful, system, year


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Saturn
By Cindy Grigg
  

1     Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. It is 887 million miles from the sun. Saturn is almost twice as far from the sun as Jupiter is.
 
2     Like Jupiter, Saturn is a giant ball of gas with a rocky center. It does not have a solid surface. It is the second largest planet. It is about ten times bigger than Earth. Saturn has 34 moons.

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