Saturn

The Ringed Planet

Saturn CharacteristicsDiameter : 72, 367 miles

Mass : 5. 68 x 1026 kg

Density : 0.687 g/cm3

Surface Gravity : 10.44 m/sec2

Axial Tilt : 26.73 ˚

Solar Eclipse Of Saturn

Saturn Orbit Average Orbital Speed

22,078 miles / hour

Average Distance to Jupiter

890,700,000 miles

Period of Rotation

10 hours, 34 minutes

Period of Revolution

29.46 Earth years

Orbited by a prominent ring system and 62 known natural satellites

Surface & AtmosphereInterior Geology

Inner Core : Rock & MetalOuter Core : Liquid “Ices”Mantle : Liquid Hydrogen & Helium

Rings1,000’s of rings; 20 meters thickComposed of 93% water ice & 7% amorphous carbon

Atmosphere96% Hydrogen; 3% Helium

Saturn DiscoveryRings 1st obsevred by Galileo in 1610

Confirmed in 1655 by Christiaan Huygens

NASA Exploarion :

Pioneer 11 : (1979)

Voyager 1 & 2 : (1980, 1981)

Cassini-Huygens : (2004)

Saturn Moon FactsOrbited by at least 150 moons or moonletsLargest natural satellites

Titan Largest moon in the Solar System Possesses a dense atmosphere

Enceladus Cryovolcanoes erupt liquid water

Mimas Resembles the “Death Star” Herschel Crater discovered 3 years after Star Wars

debutedTethys

Heavily crateredRhea

2nd largest natural satellite of Saturn

Titan

Enceladus

Mimas

Saturn Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zNvAQvVqmU

Literature CitedSaturn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan

http://www.solarviews.com/eng

http://seasky.org/solar-system/saturn-titan.html

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-titan.htm