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Judith Trillo
Alyssa Waugh
Chaz Isaacks
Saturn is readily visible to the
naked eye and has been known
for millennia as slowest-moving
“wandering star”.
Saturn improved and changed a
lot when the advent of space
light that we really began to gain
a greater understanding of this
enigmatic world.
However as soon as the
telescope was invented
and used for astronomy
it became obvious that
saturn was a world
unlike any other.
Saturn is know for its rings,
which are two times the planets
diameters. While the other gas
giant also have rings, Saturn has
the most complex and extensive
system of ring.
Saturn's rings may be
the most impressive all
4 gas giant have ring
system that are made
of dust and icy debris.
The rings are made of
billion of dust and ice
particles. Most of the
rings debris probably
came from comets or
other bodies.
The four farthest from the sun
are called outer planets. They
are separated from the inner
planets by a ring of debris
called the asteroids belt.
Although the gas giant are much larger
and more massive than the terrestrial
planets, the planets the gas are much less
dense than the terrestrial planets.
The gas giants did not lose their
original gases during their
formation. Large masses give
them a huge amount of gravity,
which helps them retain the
gasses.
With shimmering pinks, hues of gray and a hint of
brown, a newly released image of Saturn's rings
resembles a fresco where nature is the painter.
Titan
2.
Iapetus
3.
Mimas
4.
Enceladus
5.
Hyperion
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is so large that it affects the orbits of
other near-by moons. At 5,150 km (3,200
miles) across, it is the second largest
moon in the solar system. Titan hides its
surface with a thick nitrogen-rich
atmosphere. Titan's atmosphere is similar
to the Earth's.
has one side as bright as snow and one side as
dark as black velvet, with a huge ridge running
around most of its dark-side equator.
has an enormous crater on one side, the result of an impact that nearly split the moon
apart.
displays evidence of active ice volcanism:
Cassini observed warm fractures where
evaporating ice evidently escapes and forms a
huge cloud of water vapor over the south pole.
orbits the planet in a direction opposite that of
Saturn's larger moons, as do several of the
more recently discovered moons.
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Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the most distant that
can be seen with the naked eye. It is best known for its fabulous
ring system
Saturn is the flattest planet
Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen
Saturn has 150 moons and smaller moonlets
Saturn's atmospheric environment is one of strong
gravity, high pressure, strong winds, from 225 miles per
hour to 1000 miles.
cold temperatures of -270 degrees to +80 degrees. With
winds like these, it is hard to have peace and quiet.
The region where it is 80 degrees sounds pretty friendly,
but where the temperature is 80 degrees, the pressure is
about the same as it would be if you were a couple
miles below the sea on Earth!
Overall, this environment sounds very unfriendly to life
as we know it on earth.
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