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SATURN
Created by,
LaRay
Harris.
INTRODUCTION
Basic Statistics.
Planet Facts.
Planet History.
Interesting Statements.
SATURN STATISTICS
 Diameter of the Planet. : 120,536 km
 Temperature Range. : -191° C to >-130° C
 Number of Moons. : 31
SATURN STATISTICS
 Average Distance From the Sun. : 1,429,400,000 km
 Rotation Period. : 10.233 Hours
 Orbital Period. : 29 Years, 167 Days, 6.7 Hours
COOL FACTS
 Saturn I s The Second Largest Planet & The Slowest Moving
Planet.
 Saturn is a Gas Planet. ( One of The Four.)
 Saturn is Visible From Earth With the Unaided Eye.
 Saturn Was The Farthest Planet From Earth That Historical
Astronomers Were Able to I dentify.
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The Solar
System.
THE RINGS OF SATURN
 Consist Of O7 Rings.
 Rings Discovered By Galileo Galilei
in1610.
 Consist Of:
 Chunks of Rock
 Frozen Gases
 and Water Ice
 Studied By The Voyager 1 and
Voyager 2 Spacecraft in The 1980s.
Blown Up Picture Of
The Rings Of Saturn
COMPOSITION OF SATURN
 The Density of Saturn is One -Eighth of The Earth’s.
 Consist Of:
 Hydrogen(88%)
 Helium(11%)
 & the remainder
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Methane
Ammonia
ammonia crystals
Ethane
ethane (ethylene)
and phosphine.
The Inside Composition of Saturn.
 Liquid Hydrogen Compressed To Metallic Hydrogen. (
Extreme Pressure)
 Rocky Core.
SATURN’S SATELLITES
 More Than 20 Satellites Have Been Discovered Orbiting
Saturn.
 Consist Mostly of Lighter Substances.
 The Five Larger Inner Satellites:
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Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
& Rhea
SATURN’S MOONS
 Around 53 Moons.
 Icy Moons.
 Vary Drastically in Shape, Size, Surface Age and Origin.
A Picture
Of Saturn
& its
Moons In
Orbit.
SATURN HISTORY
 Unknown Discovery
Date. – Sometime In
Prehistoric Times. –
 Huygens Discovers
Saturn’s Largest Moon,
Titan, in 1655.
 Saturn Was First Visited
by NASA's Pioneer 11 in
1979.
Portrait of Scientific
Pioneer Christiaan
Huygens.
THE NAME SATURN
 Saturn Was The Roman Name for the Greek Cronos, god
of farming, and the father of Zeus/Jupiter.
 Saturn is Also Considered the God of Agriculture.
Saturn, The Roman
God Of Agriculture.
WINDS
 It is very windy on Saturn.
 Winds Get Up To 1,118 miles per hour.
DENSITY
 Saturn Has The Lowest
Density of All The
Planets in the Solar
System.
 Actual Number :
 0.687 grams per cubic
centimeter.
SATURN
 Cool Fact. :
 If You Put Saturn In A Bath Tub, It Will Float. !
SATURN
 Saturn Has Been Visited By:
 Pioneer 11
 Voyager 1
 Voyager 2
 Cassini (in 2004)
The Cassini
SEASONS
 Earth's Equator is Tilted 23 Degrees so It gives the planet
its 4 season.
 the Tilt of Saturn & the Thinness of the Rings Causes the
Rings Too Look Like They Disappeared Every 14 Years.
PLANT SATURN
WORK CITED
 http://www.planetfacts.net/Saturn -Facts.html
 http://www.kidscosmos.org/kid -stuff/saturn-facts.html
 http://www.aerospaceguide.net/planetsaturn.html
 http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=S
aturn&Display=Rings
 http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110277/solar_system/saturn
/compo1.htm
 http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0875452.html
 http://www.kidzone.ws/planets/saturn.htm