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Gabriella Shook, Danielle Poindexter, and Will Foster

Saturn. Gabriella Shook, Danielle Poindexter, and Will Foster. The Basics. Gas Giant Second largest planet in our solar system. Depending on the orbit patterns of Earth and Saturn, we see Saturn's rings at different angles. why?.

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Gabriella Shook, Danielle Poindexter, and Will Foster

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  1. Saturn Gabriella Shook, Danielle Poindexter, and Will Foster

  2. The Basics.. • Gas Giant • Second largest planet in our solar system.

  3. Depending on the orbit patterns of Earth and Saturn, we see Saturn's rings at different angles. why? We see Saturn at different angles because its axis is tilted 29 degrees October March

  4. Earth vs. Saturn

  5. Saturn 9.539 AU from the sun What is AU? AU is short for astronomical unit. An astronomical unit is the measure of distance between Earth and the Sun.

  6. Saturn’s Year and Rotation Saturn’s year is 29.46 Earth years Saturn’s rotation is 10.66 Earth hours

  7. Saturn’s Atmosphere Most of the upper atmosphere is made of hydrogen and helium

  8. Moons Saturn has several icy moons and asteroid-like objects in orbit around it. • Pan • Atlas • Prometheus • Epimetheus • Janus • Mimas • Enceladus • Tethys • Telesto • Calypso • Dione • Helene • Rhea • Titan • Hyperion • Iapetus • Phoebe • Titan is the only moon with an atmosphere

  9. Pioneer 11 Discoveries: Saturn has a strong magnetic field, 500 times the strength of Earth’s Saturn radiates more internal heat than it receives from the sun Saturn’s clouds are bland with little real color variation First spacecraft to inspect Saturn Arrived at Saturn on September 1, 1979

  10. rings Made mostly of ice particles and a small amount of rock and dust

  11. Saturn’s Name Named after the Roman god of the harvest

  12. Quiz! What is Saturn’s upper atmosphere mostly made of? What is Saturn named after? What was the first spacecraft to inspect Saturn? What is an astronomical unit? Which of Saturn’s moons has an atmosphere? Helium and Hydrogen Roman god of the harvest Pioneer 11 The measure of the distance between the Earth and the Sun Titan

  13. Works Cited • http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/saturn/satview.html • http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/saturn/satpioneer.html • http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/saturn/satatmos.html • http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/etp/saturn/satfacts.html

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