SATURN

Tabatha and Dalia

This is a picture of Saturn.

• Galileo Galilei discovered Saturn in 1610 in Italy using a telescope.

• Saturn was named after the Roman god of agriculture.

• Saturn’s symbol is like a ‘h’ but curly.

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun.

• Saturn is the second gas giant.

• Saturn is 840-940 million miles from the Sun.

• Saturn’s orbital period is 10,747 earth days.

• Saturn’s rotation period is 0.45 earth days.

• Saturn has 53 moons and 9 unofficial moons.

• Some of Saturn’s moons are Titan,Atlas,Calypso,Dione,Encela-dus,Phobe,Hyperion,Iapetus,Janus,Mim-as, and Tethys.

These are Saturn’s biggest moons.

• Saturn is a yellowish color, has some rings, has a small rocky core, and has a red oval cloud.

• Saturn is made up of gases.

• Saturn’s rings are the brightest and the largest in the solar system.

• Saturn has 7 main rings that are lettered A-G.• Saturn’s rings are made of specks and chunks

of water, ice, and some dust & rocks.

Saturn’s rings.

• Pioneer 10 is the first probe to study Saturn in 1979.

• Voyager 1 explored Saturn on November 13, 1980.

This one of the many probes that have visited Saturn.

Interesting Facts

• Saturn’s wind speed is up to 800 kilometers per hour.

• Saturn is very dense, it is the only planet that could float in water.

• Saturn’s coldest is -220 degrees Fahrenheit.• Saturn is 9.5 AU (astronaut units) from the

Sun.

This is Saturn with its symbol next to it.