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'''Saturn''' is a gas giant and the second-largest planet in the [[Sol system]], after [[Jupiter]]. Saturn is the sixth planet in orbit from [[Sol]].<ref name="enc295"/>

Saturn is considered one of the more visually ~~appearing~~ objects in the Sol system, due to the gas giant's bright, massive system of [[Wikipedia:Planetary ring|planetary rings]]. Saturn's [[natural satellite]]s are not as explored as [[Jupiter]]'s [[Jovian Moons|moons]],<ref name="enc295"/> though [[Titan]] has been established as an industrial [[Human colonies|colony]] of the [[Unified Earth Government]]. Saturn itself is also home to [[helium]]-3 mining facilities, as well as research habitats that orbit the planet.<ref name="mythos"/> Several of Saturn's moons were sites for attempted colonization efforts that were ultimately abandoned or "lost", leaving the colony efforts in ruins on the moons' surface. These ruins are frequently used as operating bases for bands of [[human]] [[pirate]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Retribution]]''', ''page 94'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

Saturn is considered one of the more visually appealing objects in the Sol system, due to the gas giant's bright, massive system of [[Wikipedia:Planetary ring|planetary rings]]. Saturn's [[natural satellite]]s are not as explored as [[Jupiter]]'s [[Jovian Moons|moons]],<ref name="enc295"/> though [[Titan]] has been established as an industrial [[Human colonies|colony]] of the [[Unified Earth Government]]. Saturn itself is also home to [[helium]]-3 mining facilities, as well as research habitats that orbit the planet.<ref name="mythos"/> Several of Saturn's moons were sites for attempted colonization efforts that were ultimately abandoned or "lost", leaving the colony efforts in ruins on the moons' surface. These ruins are frequently used as operating bases for bands of [[human]] [[pirate]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Retribution]]''', ''page 94'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

The gas giant's practical uses to the [[United Nations Space Command]] are limited, due to Saturn's distance from Sol and the lack of necessity to be colonized, and therefore it is mostly just a tourist destination.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 283''</ref> A tourist station called [[Castellaneta]] is positioned in geosynchronous orbit on the "sunny side" of Saturn's outermost ring.<ref>'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''Chapter 5''</ref>

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 '''Saturn''' is a gas giant and the second-largest planet in the [[Sol system]], after [[Jupiter]]. Saturn is the sixth planet in orbit from [[Sol]].<ref name="enc295"/>
-Saturn is considered one of the more visually appearing objects in the Sol system, due to the gas giant's bright, massive system of [[Wikipedia:Planetary ring|planetary rings]]. Saturn's [[natural satellite]]s are not as explored as [[Jupiter]]'s [[Jovian Moons|moons]],<ref name="enc295"/> though [[Titan]] has been established as an industrial [[Human colonies|colony]] of the [[Unified Earth Government]]. Saturn itself is also home to [[helium]]-3 mining facilities, as well as research habitats that orbit the planet.<ref name="mythos"/> Several of Saturn's moons were sites for attempted colonization efforts that were ultimately abandoned or "lost", leaving the colony efforts in ruins on the moons' surface. These ruins are frequently used as operating bases for bands of [[human]] [[pirate]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Retribution]]''', ''page 94'' (Google Play edition)</ref>
+Saturn is considered one of the more visually appealing objects in the Sol system, due to the gas giant's bright, massive system of [[Wikipedia:Planetary ring|planetary rings]]. Saturn's [[natural satellite]]s are not as explored as [[Jupiter]]'s [[Jovian Moons|moons]],<ref name="enc295"/> though [[Titan]] has been established as an industrial [[Human colonies|colony]] of the [[Unified Earth Government]]. Saturn itself is also home to [[helium]]-3 mining facilities, as well as research habitats that orbit the planet.<ref name="mythos"/> Several of Saturn's moons were sites for attempted colonization efforts that were ultimately abandoned or "lost", leaving the colony efforts in ruins on the moons' surface. These ruins are frequently used as operating bases for bands of [[human]] [[pirate]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo: Retribution]]''', ''page 94'' (Google Play edition)</ref>
 The gas giant's practical uses to the [[United Nations Space Command]] are limited, due to Saturn's distance from Sol and the lack of necessity to be colonized, and therefore it is mostly just a tourist destination.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 283''</ref> A tourist station called [[Castellaneta]] is positioned in geosynchronous orbit on the "sunny side" of Saturn's outermost ring.<ref>'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''Chapter 5''</ref>