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Saturn

Saturn. By Caroline Cramer. Symbol and Name. Saturn is named for the Roman god of Agriculture. In English Saturn means Saturday. Discovery . Galileo observed Saturn in 1610 In 1659 Christian Huygens figured out the geometry of the rings. Visited by NASA in 1979. Measurements .

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Saturn

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  1. Saturn By Caroline Cramer

  2. Symbol and Name • Saturn is named for the Roman god of Agriculture. • In English Saturn means Saturday

  3. Discovery • Galileo observed Saturn in 1610 • In 1659 Christian Huygens figured out the geometry of the rings. • Visited by NASA in 1979

  4. Measurements • Distance from the sun (9.54 AU) • Distance from earth (8.54 AU) • Mass: 5.6832 times 10 26 Kg • Volume: 8.2713 times 10 14 Km3 • Density: 0.687 g/cm3

  5. Orbit and Rotation • Orbit the sun: 10,759 days • Rotate on it’s axis: 10 hours 13 minutes

  6. Gravity and atmosphere • Would Saturn float or sink in water? • Saturn would float, if there was enough water, because it is made of mostly gas and it is less dense then water. • Saturn’s gravity is 91% of earth’s gravity • Saturn has a thick atmosphere • Made mainly of hydrogen and helium

  7. Composition and Appearance • Saturn is a gas giant which means that it does not have a solid surface. • Internal composition: rocks and ice • Appearance: Large, grey/orange, • Large circling rings.

  8. Rings • Made of chunks of rock and ice • 7 thin rings (169,800 miles wide, 0.62 thin) • Grey, blue, and greenish • Each ring orbits at a different speed • In 1659 Christiaan Huygens discovered the rings

  9. Water • There are small chunks of water and ice in the atmosphere. • In 2010 and 2011 a storm churned water and ice up from within the thick atmosphere

  10. moons • 53 moons • Titan is a well known moon • The others are Atlas, Calypso, Dione, Enceladus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Janus, Mimas, Phobe, Tethys

  11. Weather • Cool temperatures (minus 288 degrees Fahrenheit) • Every saturn year (equivalent to 30 Earth years) an enormous storm is produced • known as the great white spots • First observation of these storms was in 1876

  12. What if you traveled to Saturn? • Saturn can not support life • You would not be able to walk because Saturn is made of gas. • You would freeze because of the cold temperatures • You would suffocate because there is no oxygen

  13. Cool facts • If Saturn was the size of a basketball, earth would be a nickel • Saturn spins so quickly on its axis that the planet flattens itself out into an oblate spheroid.(it looks flat) • Saturn is the least dense planet in the Solar System

  14. Bibliography • Nola Taylor Redd. "Saturn's Temperature: One Cool Planet." Space.com. Space.com, 14 Nov. 2012. Web. 25 Dec. 2013. • "Mystery of Saturns Great White Spot." Http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2013/06/mystery-of-saturns-great-white-spot-solved.html. N.p., 24 June 12. Web. • "Solar System Exploration: Planets: Saturn: Overview." Solar System Exploration: Planets: Saturn: Overview. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Dec. 2013. • "Saturn:Overview." Olar System Exploration: Planets: Saturn: Overview." Solar System Exploration: Planets: Saturn: Overview. N.p., N.d. Web. 31 Dec. 2013.N.p., n.d. Web. • "Nine Planets." The Solar System Tour. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Dec. 2013.

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