Saturn
"The Lord of All Rings"
Interesting Facts about Saturn
Diameter- 72,367 miles
Distance From The Sun- 890,700,000 miles
Length of Day-10 hours, 39 minutes
Length of Year- 29 Earth Years
Rings of Saturn
Saturn has over a dozen rings made of millions of ice crystals; some as little as dust particles and some as big as houses!
Saturn's Moon's
Saturn has 63 moons that astronomers have discovered.
Gas Giants
Composed almost completely out of Hydrogen and a little bit of helium, Saturn is considered one of our planets four gas giants.
1. Why would you want to live on Saturn??
Saturn has an atmosphere made out of mainly Hydrogen and a little bit of Helium. Due to Saturn being a gaseous planet our houses/shelter would need to be floating. Who wouldn't want a floating house!?
2. Love watching storms outside your window??
If you're a fan of icy cold and storms raging outside Saturn is the planet for you with storms racing around its atmosphere at 800km per hour.
Saturns Color:
Saturn is a giant gas planet with an outer atmosphere that is mostly hydrogen and helium. Its atmosphere has traces of ammonia, phosphine, water vapor, and hydrocarbons giving it a yellowish-brown color.
Why Saturn Appears Flat:
Saturn spins so quickly on its axis that the planet flattens itself out into an oblate spheroid.
Seen With The Naked Eye
Saturn appears as one of the 5 planets visible with the unaided eye.