Saturn By: Brad Melvin
How Saturn got it’s Name! Associated with a Greek god; Agriculture Root of the English word Saturday
Discovery! Galileo was first to observe it Telescope
Planet Measures! Mass: 5.68e26kg Volume: 827,129,915,150,897km3 Density: kg/m3 Can float on water Gravity: 0.7m/s2
Composition of the Atmosphere! It is thin but made out of gases and ice chunks.
Distances! Sixth planet from the sun 1,429,400,000km from the sun 1,200,000,000km from the earth.
Orbit and Rotation! 29 earth years for Saturn to orbit the sun 10.7 hours for Saturn to rotate on its axis
Temperature! (-185°C, -290°F)
Appearance! Gas Giant Made of hydrogen, helium, ice and ammonia Saturn is a Gas giant. It has a ring around it made of ice chunks. Saturn will also float on water.
Rings! Made of ice chunks
Water on Saturn! Water Vapor
Weather on Saturn! Cold and windy
Moons! Saturn has 60 known moons
If a human to go to Saturn Choke in the atmosphere and freeze to death.
Cool Facts! Jewel of the solar system Can not stand on it. Rings are not solid Rings are huge but thin Very windy on saturn
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