Saturn

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Saturn

• By Maryellen

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Saturn Name

• The name Saturn comes from the Roman god Saturn.
  The Greek form of Saturn is Cronus (also spelled
  Kronos). Cronus was the Greek god of agriculture
  and time.

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Saturn Position, Distance, and Orbit

• Saturn is the 6th planet from the sun. It orbits
  888 million miles away from the sun. It orbits
  is not unusual.

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Saturn Rotation on its Axis

• It takes Saturn 10 hours and 14 minutes for
  Saturn to rotate once on its axis.

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Saturn Size

• Saturn is the 2nd largest planet in our solar
  system. Saturns mass is 5.68461026 KG.

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Saturn Gravity

• Saturn has 91 of Earths gravity so a person who
  weighs 100 lbs. on Earth would weigh 91 lbs. on
  Saturn.

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Saturn Orbit

• It takes Saturn 10,759 days to orbit the sun.

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Saturn Atmosphere

• Saturns atmosphere is.
• 96.3 hydrogen
• 3.25 helium
• With traces of ammonia, acetylene, ethane,
  methane, and phosphine.

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Saturn Temperature

• Saturns average temperature is about -285F.

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Saturn Composition

• Saturn is a gas giant that is made up of liquid
  metallic, hydrogen, and many kinds of ices.

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Saturn Moons

• Saturn has 61 moons, more than any other planet
  in our solar system except Jupiter.
• Some of its moons are Pan, Atlas, Prometheus,
  Epimetheus, Pandora, Janus, Telesto, Calypso,
  Titan, and Rhea.

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Saturn Rings

• Saturns rings have 7 distinct sections and are
  made mostly of ice. They were found in 1610 but
  in 1610 they thought that it was just that Saturn
  was triple bodied. They later found out that
  Saturn wasnt triple bodied it just had rings.

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Saturn How would a human being fare on Saturn?

• If a human were to go to Saturn they would
  freeze. They would freeze because Saturn is very
  far away from the sun so its temperatures are
  very low.

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Saturn Discovery

• The first observation was made by Galileo in
  1610,he thought that Saturn was triple bodied but
  what he really saw was Saturns rings.

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Saturn Extra Facts

• Saturn gets only 1 of the sunlight that Earth
  receives.
• Winds blow up to 1,100 mph.
• Titan (one of Saturns moons) is bigger then
  Mercury and Pluto.
• Also referred to as the Jewel of the Solar
  System
• The only planet with a density less than water.