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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. S A T U R N. 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 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: 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