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SATURN!
By Charlene
What is Saturn made of ?
Saturn is not solid like Earth, but is instead
a gas giant planet it is mad up of 94%
hydrogen, 6% helium and small amounts
of methane and ammonia. Hydrogen and
Helium are what most stars are made of. It
is thought that there might be a molten,
rocky core the size of Earth deep within
Saturn.
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How big is Saturn?
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Saturn is the second largest planet in our
Solar System, only Jupiter is larger. Saturn
is about 75 thousand miles (120,000) in
diameter and is almost 10 times the
diameter of Earth. About 764 Earth could
fit inside Saturn. If you had a ball that was
the size of a dime, Saturn would be a little
bit bigger than a soccer ball.
How many rings does Saturn
have?
Saturn has 4 main groups of rings and 3
fainter, narrower ring groups. These
groups are separated by gaps called
divisions. Close up views of Saturn’s rings
by the voyager spacecraft, which flew by
them in 1980 and 1981, that these seven
ring groups are made up of thousands of
smaller rings, the exact number is not
Know.
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How long dose it take Saturn to
circle the Sun?
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Saturn revolves and orbits around the Sun
once every 29.4 Earth years, or once
every 10,755.7 Earth days. Saturn travels
an average speed of 21,637 miles per
hour or 34,821 kilometers per hour in it’s
orbit around the Sun.
What color is Saturn
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Planets have the colors that they have
because of what their made of and how
their surfaces or atmospheres reflect and
absorb sunlight. Saturn is also a gas giant
with an outer atmosphere that is mostly
hydrogen and helium. It’s atmosphere has
traces of ammonia, phosphine, water
vapor and hydrocarbons giving it a
yellowish brown color.