Here's why:

* Earth's average distance from the sun: 93 million miles (150 million kilometers)

* Saturn's average distance from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers)

However, Saturn's distance from Earth changes depending on their orbits. At their closest point, they are about 746 million miles (1.2 billion kilometers) apart. At their furthest point, they are about 1.6 billion kilometers (1 billion miles) apart.