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Planets The Planet Saturn By Genevieve Mullins Saturn’s Location • There are nine planets in our Solar System. • Saturn is the 6th planet from the Sun. Size of Saturn • Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System. • It is 74,130 miles around Saturn’s equator. • This graph shows a comparison between all the planets. Showing Saturn’s low density. Saturn’s Rotation • A day on the planet Saturn is only 10 hours and 39 minutes. • Because of Saturn’s fast rotation, the planet is visibly flattened at the poles. • It takes 29.5 Earth years to revolve about the Sun. Interesting Facts about Saturn • The Great White Spot is a storm that goes completely around the planet. • Saturn has extreme winds, up to 1,100 miles per hour. More Facts About Saturn • Saturn is considered to be a Gas Giant because it is composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. • Saturn has the lowest density of all the planets - it is light!!! Saturn’s Rings • Saturn is well known for it’s ring system. There are hundreds of thousands of rings making up Saturn’s ring system. Each ring is made up mostly of ice crystals. • To view video of the rings, click on the picture The Many Moons of Saturn More on Saturn’s Satellites and Moons • Saturn has 19 satellites and 3 moons. • Saturn’s largest moon is Titan. – Titan is the second largest of all moons. Space Joke • Since Saturn has such low density, if you had a bathtub large enough to fit Saturn, the planet would float. • Why would you not want to put the planet Saturn in a bathtub? Because it would leave a ring!!! Comprehension Questions: • In our Solar System, Saturn is planet number _______ ? • How long is a day on Saturn? • Is a Saturn day longer or shorter than an earth day? • Why is Saturn slightly flattened? • Saturn is well-known for it’s ____________ system. • How many moons does Saturn have? Works Cited • http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/sa turn.html • http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/saturn/rings. html • http://www.solarviews.com/eng/saturn.htm • www.solarviews.com/eng/saturn.htm
