Saturn

Another

Windswept

Giant

Nominated for Best Picture

Stats:

• Sidereal Day: approximately 10.7 hours

• Sidereal Year: 29.5 earth years

• Mass: 5.68 E 26 kg

• Radius: 58,232 km

Atmosphere Made ofHydrogen and

Helium

The actual planet is mostlyHydrogen gas. The core is metallic Hydrogen.

Inclination

26.70

Magnetic Field

This is how the auroras would look to the human eye.The color difference occurs because Earth's auroras are dominated by excited nitrogen and oxygen atoms and molecules, and Saturn's auroras are dominated by excited forms of hydrogen. Within each element, colors can differ because of atmospheric density, the levels of the atomic version of an element versus the molecular version, and the energy of impacting electrons.

Has a magnetic field and radiation belts

Rings: Fun Facts

1. Span about ¾ distancebetween earth and moon.

2. Made of pieces of asteroids and comets

broken up. 3. Each ring orbits at a different speed

around the planet.4. The rings are named with letters of

the alphabet.5. Cassini is still collecting data.

Moons

• Approximately 62 moons. Most interesting are Titan

• and Mimas

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Titan (pictured with Tethys)

Titan: Largest moon

Sidereal year:16 Earth years

Titan

• Atmosphere made of Nitrogen, thicker• than Earth’s• Mountains are named for the mountains• in J.R.Tolkien books.• Has rivers, lakes, and streams, but they • are made of methane. • Space Probe Huygens landed in 2005:• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ffV-

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More Titan Websites

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTrOFefYxFg

Mimas: The Deathstar

• Innermost moon

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• Sideral Year:

• .9 Earth days

• Mimas shakes as if

• something is inside

Mimas videos

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkUIXBb7Lgs&list=PL7WNjWiQZxptcsO9yGbLAC5pQ5ed4j-Q1&index=14