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Preparing for Your Journey
Before you venture off to Saturn, it would be a good idea to get a satellite timetable. You can download one at the NASA website. Why do you need one? Well, because with as many moons as Saturn has, and all of those that haven't been confirmed yet, navigating Saturn's skies can be a difficult.
Something Else You'll Need
You'll also want a pair of ultraviolet imaging goggles, because with all those ice particles trapped in Saturn's rings, its aurora display is fabulous and it changes hourly.
Travel Time to Saturn
To travel to Saturn as fast as we know how right now and in the space vehicles we have available to us right now, it would take about 899 days. That's equal to 29.4 Earth months. You should also know that one Saturnian year is equal to 29.5 Earth years. And if you want to call home while you're visiting Saturn, there's a time lag of 159.4 minutes; that's roughly two hours.
Distance from The Sun
Its distance from the sun varies from about 941,070,000 miles at its farthest point to about 840,440,000 miles at its closest. It takes about 10,759 Earth days, or about 29-1/2 Earth years, to go around the sun.
When You Arrive
As with all the gaseous planets, Saturn doesn't have a surface to land on. So you'll have to just keep orbiting around it. The surface is made of helium and hydrogen, just like its atmosphere. And when you arrive, watch out for those infamous Saturnian gale-force winds. At the equator, they can reach over 932 miles per hour.