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2. Planet Saturn  Second Largest  Gas Giant  Diameter: 120,660 km 10 x size of Earth  Located Between Jupiter and Uranus  Temperature:-178 degrees Celcius

3. Saturn’s Origin  Named after the Roman god Saturnus (namesake of Saturday)  The god of agriculture  He was called Cronus by the Greeks  Equated to the Greek Kronos (the Titan father of Zeus) the Babylonian Ninurta and Hindu Shani.  Saturn’s symbol represents the god’s sickle.

4.  The son of Uranus and the father of Jupiter. Saturn overthrew Uranus to become king of the gods, however, was later overthrown himself by Jupiter.

5. Moons of Saturn  62 moons discovered  53 officially named  Saturn’s moons have icy surfaces Very cold so that ice is as rigid as rock and craters from meteor impacts Densities of moon: 1.0 - 1.5 g/cc  Largest moon: Titan The atmosphere has several layers of haze Has pressure at the surface of 1.6x that of Earth Made up of nitrogen & 1% concentration of methane.

7. Saturn’s Rings  Ice and Rock Pieces  Smaller rings combines to make the huge ring -Rings about 1.5 km think  The sun’s rays reflect off frozen ice, allowing the rings to become visible.

8. Life on Saturn?  Although is has not been proven that there is life on Saturn, the assumption is likely to be correct for several reasons. Saturn is cold 10x the distance from the Sun that Earth is Saturn receives 1/100 th (sq. of the distance) as much energy per unit area. Atmosphere varies from -100 degrees C to almost -200 degrees C.

9. Saturn  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK42 Mg0LvWI&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK42 Mg0LvWI&feature=related

10. Works Cited  “Facts about Planet Saturn.” The Planet Saturn. 15 Jan. 2011. Space Exploration. 7 Feb. 2011. http://www.aerospaceguide.net/planetsaturn.html  Hamilton, Calvin. “Saturn.” View of Our Solar System. 2010. Solar Views/ 8 Feb. 2011.  “Saturn.” Saturn facts, pictures, and information. 2010. Nine Planets. 7 Feb. 2011 .http://nineplanets.org/saturn.html  “Saturn.” Solar System Exploration. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 8 Feb. 2011.