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BY: KAMRYN CULPMRS. LOWER
MAY 14, 2013
Saturn
About 93 million miles from sunDay- 24 hours# of moons- 1 moonAtmosphere- nitrogen, oxygen, argon
About 891 million miles from sunDay- 10 hours 33 minutes# of moons- 62 moonsAtmosphere- hydrogen, helium, methane, ammonia, ethane, water
Saturn compared to Earth
EarthSaturn
Saturn’s rings
Saturn’s rings are made of mainly ice, the ice can be from dust size to 10ft in
diameter.
There are seven main rings around
Saturn, the rings are named by letters. The names go in
order of discovery.
Saturn’s formation of its rings
Scientists believe that a long time ago a
moon or other large object got too close to Saturn, the body
broke in to millions of pieces. After time the
pieces started orbiting Saturn. After even more time, the pieces became rings.
Saturn’s size compared with Earths
Saturn is giant compared with earth.
Earth’s diameter is 7,918 miles wide and Saturn’s diameter is 74,898 miles wide!
Saturn’s rotation, revolution, speed, and tilt of axis
Saturn’s tilt is 27 degrees.
Saturn travels at a speed of 21,637 miles per hour.
29 and a half Earth years equals one of Saturn’s year.
One complete rotation takes 10 hours and 33 minutes.
S a t u r n
Saturn’s moons
Saturn has 53moons that are officially named. All of the moons are very
different for instance, one moon known as Rhea has very faint rings, and
Lapetus has an enormous ridge
along its equator.
Very dense atmosphereOrbital period: 16 daysDiscoverer- Christaan HuygensDiscovered- March 25, 1655
Has a very icy surface making it shinyOrbital period: 33 hoursDiscoverer- William HerschelDiscovered- 1789
Titan and Enceladus
FUN FACTS!!!
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Saturn is a gas giant and the second largest
planets in our solar system the Milky Way.Saturn has
the second largest moon called Titan. Saturn’s moon,
Enceladus, is the very shiny
because it reflects almost 100 percent of
the sunlight hitting it.Saturn’s
known as’ “The Jewel of
our Solar System ”