Saturn

By: Taylor Cornelius

Symbol & Name

~ Saturn is named after a Roman God

~Saturn is the Roman God of agriculture

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level2/saturn.html

Discovery

~ Saturn was known by the ‘Ancients’

~No one is sure of the date or the people

Planet Measurements

Mass: 5.68*1026 kg

Volume: 8.2713*1014 km3

Density: Least dense planet, o.687 gcm3

That’s less dense than water! So Saturn would float if placed in water!

Gravity: 10.4 m/s2

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Atmosphere

~Saturn’s atmosphere is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium, but there is also sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen.

~Saturn’s atmosphere is also a bit heavier, so if you are 100 pounds on Earth you would be 108 on Saturn

http://thechemistrybehindtheairships.weebly.com/iii-hydrogen-vs-helium-filled-airships.html

Distances

~Saturn is the sixth planet away from the sun

~Saturn is 1.4 billion km away from the sun and 1.2 billion km away from the Earth

http://nineplanets.org/

Orbit & Rotation

~29.46 years on Earth is equal to one year on Saturn!

~It takes Saturn ten hours and thirty nine minutes to complete it’s rotation

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-saturn.html

Temperature

~The average temperature is -178 Celsius or -288 Fahrenheit

(So in other words: Really cold!)

http://keepingkidssafenow.info/medical-equipment/cold-thermometer-clip-art-4/

Composition/Appearance

~Saturn is a gas giant, since it is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium

~Saturn’s internal core is made of rocky and metal elements

~Saturn looks to be a yellow type color and appears to have stripes, and of course youare able to see it’s rings.

Rings

~Saturn’s rings are made of pieces of comets, asteroids, or shattered moons

~There are seven rings

~Galileo discovered these rings in 1610

http://greenways-whatisgood.blogspot.com/2010/09/saturn-ringed-planet.html

Water & Weather

~Water vapor has been discovered on Saturn

~Water is said to come from an icy moon

~There are zonal winds, which are made of zones and belts

~Zones are high pressure systems while belts are low pressure

~ Zones and belts flow in the opposite direction

~There are sometimes small disturbances and storms

Moons

~ Saturn has sixty two moons

~ These moons were discovered at different times

http://annesastronomynews.com/photo-gallery-ii/the-solar-system/saturns-moon-dione/

So…what would happen if YOU went to Saturn?

Ha! Trick question. A human wouldn’t be able to land on Saturn because it is a gas giant and since it is a made up of mainly gases, there is no solid surface to land on.

http://ashscrapyard.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/ooo-let-me-do-this-oh-man-how-will-i-do-this-omg-i-did-it/

~Fun facts~~ Saturn is the second largest planet

~ Saturn would be able to float if placed in water

~ Saturn’s rings are the only rings visible from earth (when using a telescope)

Bibliography

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N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Dec. 2013."Saturn's Temperature: One Cool Planet." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Jan. 2014.