Saturn By Jacob Kaffey
Symbol/Name Saturn’s name comes from the Roman god of agriculture
Discovery Known by the ancients Unknown discovery time Galileo discovered rings around Saturn
Distances 6 th from the sun 1,427,000,000 km from the sun 1,200,000,000 km from Earth
Measurements Mass x kg Volume x km 3 Density g/cm 2 Gravity 10.4 m/s 2
Orbit/Rotation Orbit 29 years Rotation hours
Atmosphere Mostly hydrogen and helium SulfurMethaneAmmoniaNitrogenOxygen Gases create colorful bands
Temperature Generally 95 K all the time 95 K= -178 Celcius
Composition/Appearanc e Gas giant No surface Liquid metallic hydrogen Iron and rock core Ice Looks like a butterscotch or brown color with naked eye and from space Actually has multicolored bands
Weather Winds up to 1,800 km/h Violent “white” storms bigger than Earth Ice storms Clouds of carbon
Rings Discovered by Galileo in 1610 Many colors ClearOrangeGreenBlueBlack Made of ice
Moons Over 60 moons First 18 discovered by 1997
Water Lots of ice Water deep in the atmosphere Water and ice in the rings
If Humans Traveled to Saturn… Wouldn’t be able to breathe Can’t stand Pressure would crush body Freeze in the atmosphere Choking Burn in the core
Special Storms larger than Earth Liquid hydrogen in atmosphere Most predominant rings
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