1. Saturn By Jacob Kaffey

2. Symbol/Name Saturn’s name comes from the Roman god of agriculture

3. Discovery Known by the ancients Unknown discovery time Galileo discovered rings around Saturn

4. Distances 6 th from the sun 1,427,000,000 km from the sun 1,200,000,000 km from Earth

5. Measurements Mass 5.6832 x 10 26 kg Volume 8.2713 x 10 14 km 3 Density 0.687 g/cm 2 Gravity 10.4 m/s 2

6. Orbit/Rotation Orbit 29 years Rotation 10.565 hours

7. Atmosphere Mostly hydrogen and helium SulfurMethaneAmmoniaNitrogenOxygen Gases create colorful bands

8. Temperature Generally 95 K all the time 95 K= -178 Celcius

9. 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

10. Weather Winds up to 1,800 km/h Violent “white” storms bigger than Earth Ice storms Clouds of carbon

11. Rings Discovered by Galileo in 1610 Many colors ClearOrangeGreenBlueBlack Made of ice

12. Moons Over 60 moons First 18 discovered by 1997

13. Water Lots of ice Water deep in the atmosphere Water and ice in the rings

14. 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

15. Special Storms larger than Earth Liquid hydrogen in atmosphere Most predominant rings

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