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Saturn is the sixth planet
from the sun.
Saturn has over more than a dozen rings.
Also Saturn Is the only planet
with visible rings.
Saturn’s climate is -150
degrees Celsius on the cloud tops and toward the core
it is about 11,000 degrees Celsius.
Near the equator of the
planet the winds can
reach up to about 1,100
mph.
Saturn has the fastest winds
of all the planets in the solar system
Saturn was the Greek God of harvest. His reign was during the Golden Age.
Saturn is the namesake for
both the planet Saturn, and
Saturday
Saturn is made up of hydrogen
and helium.
It is covered
in an ocean of
hydrogen.Could you live
there? No you cant because there is
no surface for you to stand on, so you would be swimming in
hydrogen. Except the gravity is so strong that you
would sink.
• Saturn has 62 moons including unofficial moons
• I did not want to have 62 slides on moons so here are 4 of the most known moons
• Pan is the innermost of Saturn's moons• Pan creates stripes also called wakes• Pan was discovered by, M.R Showalter in 1990
when taking pictures with the Voyager 2 spacecraft 9 years prior
• People call this moon a mysterious UFO moon for its odd shape
• It was discovered by Richard Terrile taken by Voyager 1 in 1980
• It was named after the atlas in greek mythology
• Rhea has many impact craters
• This moon is named after the “mother of gods”
• It is designated as Saturn V for being the fifth largest moon
It is
Saturn’s
largest
moon. It is
also the
second
largest
moon in
the solar
system.
In November 1980
Voyager 1 flew by
and took pictures.
It was
discovered by
Christian
Huygens
Saturn is the least dense planet in the solar system.
Saturn's density varies from 0.7 g/cm3 and 0.75 g/cm3
Saturn’s diameter is about 74,898
miles. That is nine times bigger than Earth’s Diameter.
Also, immediately when you
enter Saturn, you will gain 7 pounds.
Saturn’s distance
from the sun is 1,429 million km.
The distance
between Saturn
and Earth is 746
million miles
746 million miles
1429 million km.
Not the Gum!
It takes Saturn 29.7 years to complete a full rotation
around the sun.
The rings of Saturn are
composed of mainly water ice and some dust particle along
with other chemicals.
Scientist suggest that the rings are remains of a giant
moon that was stripped of it icy shell before it
crashed into the planet.