Saturn
Written and Illustrated By:Mia Tarabay
Ears
Did you know Saturn has ears? In 1610, a scientist named Galileo Galilei looked at Saturn. Then he wrote down, “Saturn has ears.” The ears were really rings. Saturn is one of the outer planets. Its distance from the sun is 885 million miles.
Gas
Saturn is the second largest planet. It’s also a giant ball of gas with a rocky core. The core is the same size as Earth. Its diameter is 74,853 miles. Saturn’s atmosphere has whirling gases. It has the strongest winds in the solar system. Saturn’s average cloud temperature is -193 degrees Fahrenheit. Saturn has a freezing atmosphere. Sometimes its cold temperatures makes the gases turn to crystals. Saturn has a liquid surface. Some scientists think gases turn to liquid hydrogen.
Moving
Rings
Probes
In 1950’s, scientists sent probes to gather information about Saturn.Then in 1973, they sent Pioneer 11 to get a better look at Saturn. After it landed in 1979. In 1980, Voyager 1 and 2 reached Saturn. They took pictures and measures of Saturn’s rings. Voyager 1 sent picture a to Earth that looked like a bike on its rings.