Created by, LaRay Harris.

SATURN

Basic Statistics.

Planet Facts.

Planet History.

Interesting Statements.

INTRODUCTION

Diameter of the Planet. : 120,536 km

Temperature Range. : -191° C to >-130° C

Number of Moons. : 31

SATURN STATISTICS

Average Distance From the Sun. : 1,429,400,000 km

Rotation Period. : 10.233 Hours

Orbital Period. : 29 Years, 167 Days, 6.7 Hours

SATURN STATISTICS

Saturn Is The Second Largest Planet & The Slowest Moving Planet.

Saturn is a Gas Planet. ( One of The Four.)

Saturn is Visible From Earth With the Unaided Eye.

Saturn Was The Farthest Planet From Earth That Historical Astronomers Were Able to Identify.

COOL FACTS

The Solar System.

SATURN.

Consist Of O7 Rings.

Rings Discovered By Galileo Galilei in1610.

Consist Of: Chunks of Rock Frozen Gases and Water Ice

Studied By The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 Spacecraft in The 1980s.

THE RINGS OF SATURN

Blown Up Picture Of The Rings Of Saturn

The Density of Saturn is One-Eighth of The Earth’s.Consist Of:

Hydrogen(88%) Helium(11%) & the remainder

Methane Ammonia ammonia crystals Ethane ethane (ethylene) and phosphine.

Liquid Hydrogen Compressed To Metallic Hydrogen. ( Extreme Pressure)

Rocky Core.

COMPOSITION OF SATURN

The Inside Composition of Saturn.

More Than 20 Satellites Have Been Discovered Orbiting Saturn.

Consist Mostly of Lighter Substances.

The Five Larger Inner Satellites: Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione & Rhea

SATURN’S SATELLITES

Around 53 Moons.

Icy Moons.

Vary Drastically in Shape, Size, Surface Age and Origin.

SATURN’S MOONS

A Picture Of Saturn & its Moons In Orbit.

Unknown Discovery Date. – Sometime In Prehistoric Times. –

Huygens Discovers Saturn’s Largest Moon, Titan, in 1655.

Saturn Was First Visited by NASA's Pioneer 11 in 1979.

SATURN HISTORY

Portrait of Scientific Pioneer Christiaan

Huygens.

Saturn Was The Roman Name for the Greek Cronos, god of farming, and the father of Zeus/Jupiter.

Saturn is Also Considered the God of Agriculture.

THE NAME SATURN

Saturn, The Roman God Of Agriculture.

It is very windy on Saturn.

Winds Get Up To 1,118 miles per hour.

WINDS

Saturn Has The Lowest Density of All The Planets in the Solar System.

Actual Number : 0.687 grams per cubic

centimeter.

DENSITY

Cool Fact. :

If You Put Saturn In A Bath Tub, It Will Float. !

SATURN

Saturn Has Been Visited By: Pioneer 11

Voyager 1

Voyager 2

Cassini (in 2004)

SATURN

The Cassini

Earth's Equator is Tilted 23 Degrees so It gives the planet its 4 season.

the Tilt of Saturn & the Thinness of the Rings Causes the Rings Too Look Like They Disappeared Every 14 Years.

SEASONS

PLANT SATURN

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