BY: KAMRYN CULPMRS. LOWER

MAY 14, 2013

Saturn

About 93 million miles from sunDay- 24 hours# of moons- 1 moonAtmosphere- nitrogen, oxygen, argon

About 891 million miles from sunDay- 10 hours 33 minutes# of moons- 62 moonsAtmosphere- hydrogen, helium, methane, ammonia, ethane, water

Saturn compared to Earth

EarthSaturn

Saturn’s rings

Saturn’s rings are made of mainly ice, the ice can be from dust size to 10ft in

diameter.There are seven

main rings around Saturn, the rings are named by letters. The names go in

order of discovery.

Saturn’s formation of its rings

Scientists believe that a long time ago a

moon or other large object got too close to Saturn, the body

broke in to millions of pieces. After time the

pieces started orbiting Saturn. After even more time, the pieces became rings.

Saturn’s size compared with Earths

Saturn is giant compared with earth.

Earth’s diameter is 7,918 miles wide and Saturn’s diameter is 74,898 miles wide!

Saturn’s rotation, revolution, speed, and tilt of axis

Saturn’s tilt is 27 degrees.

Saturn travels at a speed of 21,637 miles per hour.

29 and a half Earth years equals one of Saturn’s year.

One complete rotation takes 10 hours and 33 minutes.

S a t u r n

Saturn’s moonsSaturn has 53moons

that are officially named. All of the moons are very

different for instance, one moon known as Rhea has very faint rings, and

Lapetus has an enormous ridge

along its equator.

Very dense atmosphereOrbital period: 16 daysDiscoverer- Christaan HuygensDiscovered- March 25, 1655

Has a very icy surface making it shinyOrbital period: 33 hoursDiscoverer- William HerschelDiscovered- 1789

Titan and Enceladus

FUN FACTS!!!

Hope you

enjoyed!!:)

Saturn is a gas giant and the second largest

planets in our solar system the Milky Way.Saturn has

the second largest moon called Titan. Saturn’s moon,

Enceladus, is the very shiny

because it reflects almost 100 percent of

the sunlight hitting it.Saturn’s

known as’ “The Jewel of

our Solar System ”