1. Saturn
By: Abby Cunningham
Michelle Lucie
Scott Dietzler

2. Saturn was named after the Greek god Saturnus, the god of time

3. Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system
It’s the 6th planet from the sun
The surface is just liquid and gas

4. Out of all the planets, Saturn has the lowest density
It has 33 moons, and Titan, the biggest moon, is bigger than the planet Mercury
There could be life on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons

5. Saturn is the windiest planet; it’s winds get up to 400m/s
The diameter is 120,536 km
Density= 0.69 g/cm3
The distance from the sun is 1,429,000,000 km
Mass= 5.688x10 26kg

6. 3rd brightest planet
It takes 29 years, 167 days, and 6.7 hours to orbit the sun
If you tried to land on Saturn, you would pass right through

7. The origins of Saturn’s rings is unknown
Fast winds in upper atmosphere combined with rising heat causes the planet’s yellow and gold banding
Saturn’s rings disappear once every 14 years

8. Saturn is the root for the English word “Saturday”
Two prominent rings and one faint ring can be seen from Earth

9. Saturn has been visited four times by spacecrafts
It was 1st photographed in 1981 with a Hubble telescope
Saturn has only seven rings
The atmosphere is 97% hydrogen, 3% helium, and 0.5% methane

10. Saturn radiates more energy into space than it receives from the sun
The temperature at its core is 178 degrees Celsius
A full day on Saturn is only 10 hours, 40 minutes, and 24 seconds

11. Saturn is a flattened ball because it spins so quickly on its axis that it flattens itself out
This planet was first discovered in 1610

12. It’s rings are made of ice and dust
Lighting occurs in Saturn's clouds

13. A 100 pound object on Earth would weigh 116 pounds on Saturn

14. Saturn is often called the jewel of the solar system

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