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Saturn. AJ Dickerson 3/4/14. Description. Saturn is hot 12,000k at the core. Saturn radiates more energy then it receives from the sun. Saturn is similar to Jupiter it is a rocky core and has a liquid hydrogen over the layer. Moons.
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Saturn AJ Dickerson 3/4/14
Description • Saturn is hot 12,000k at the core. Saturn radiates more energy then it receives from the sun. • Saturn is similar to Jupiter it is a rocky core and has a liquid hydrogen over the layer.
Moons • There are 18 major moons. They were all discovered between 1655-1990 • Pan- radius is 10 • Atlas-radius is 14 • Prometheus-radius is 46 • Pandora-radius is 46 • Janus- radius is 89
Rotation and Orbit Period • Day rotation is 0.4 • Year orbit period is 10,760
Location and Size • Distance from the sun is 9.54 AV • Diameter in kilometers 120,536km • Compared to other planets, Saturn: 37,499 • Earth: 3,963
FUN FACTS • Saturn has 14 rings • Saturn and other Jovian planets rings are unknown • Jovian planets are any of the four outer planets which is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Source • http//nineplanets.org