1. All about Saturn
By: Patrick Lu

2. The Size Diameter: about 75,000 miles
2nd largest planet in solar system
Comparison to Earth: 120,536 km (diameter)
1 Saturn year: 11,000 Earth days
Sun is 12 times larger than Saturn

3. The Moons Saturn has 150 moons and moonlets
Only 62 have confirmed orbits
Example of moons with names: Titan, Dione, Rhea, Mimas
Titan is the largest and the 2nd largest in Solar System
Titan is the only moon with an atmosphere

4. The Look Saturn is surrounded by large rings
Surface is full of rocks surrounded with orange haze
Has some river channels and shoreline
Cold & dark because it is an outer planet
Can be seen with human eyes

5. The Rings
Rings are composed of dust, rock, ice accumulated from passing comets
Size: across about 175,000 miles; Thickness: about 3,200 feet;
Rings are huge and thin; they are not solid
Sometimes the rings disappear

6. Other Features Major composition of Saturn’s atmosphere is hydrogen
Least dense planet in the solar system
There could be life near Saturn on its moons
Human beings cannot stand on Saturn
Saturn can float on water because it is mostly made of gas
Saturn and the outer planets are known as the gas giants

7. Spacecraft Cassini NASA created the spacecraft “Cassini”
Cassini had been sent into space and worked for 20 years
His purpose was to collect info from planets, mainly Saturn
Many amazing pictures were taken by him
Cassini completed his mission and finished his journey on 9/15/2017

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