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Saturn explained: the ringed planet

NASA says Saturn spins once in 10.7 hours and takes about 29.4 Earth years to orbit the Sun; the moons keep coming.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on The Bonk-o-Meter
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Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on this story, from The Bonk-o-Meter at 6:48 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are NASA's, the jokes are ours.

Photo: Saturn
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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe claim under review: a planet has so many moons that it is still waiting on more of them to be officially named.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNASA says Saturn has two hundred seventy-four confirmed moons, as of March twenty twenty-five.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is accurate.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNASA says that's far more than any other planet in our solar system, and more are awaiting confirmation and naming by the International Astronomical Union.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's a planet that collects people, Hank. It's building a community.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA day there lasts ten point seven hours. Its rings are billions of chunks of ice and rock, and some are as big as mountains.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMountains.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNine times wider than Earth, with a short day and a lot of debris orbiting it. Facts check out, so the rating is Full Bonkers.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI call that accessorizing with confidence.

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