Planet Saturn
The History Of Saturn
Discovery
Who Discovered Saturn
Galileo discovered Saturn. Galileo was also the first to see Saturn through a telescope. Galileo was blind so the image of Saturn was blurry to him.
Diameter/Mass
The diameter of Saturn is 74,560 miles and 120,540 km. The mass of saturn is 568.46.
Temperature/Atmosphere/Gases
Saturns temperature in Fahrenheit -292F to -249F in Celsius -123C to -100C. Saturn is filled with gases such as hydrogen, helium, methane and ethane. Saturns air is filled with gases.
Earth/Sun Distance
Distance from the sun/ Earth
Saturn is is 890 million miles and 1,427 million km away from the sun.
Saturn is 762,700,000 miles and(1,030,000,000) km away from earth
Moons
Total Moons
So 63 moons have been discovered orbiting Saturn and 53 have been named. some of the known moons are Titan, Phoebe, and Pandora.
Name of the moons
- Aegaeon, Aegir, Albiorix, Anthe, Atlas, Bebhionn,Bergelmir, Bestla, Calypso, Daphnis, Dione, Enceladus, Epimetheus, Erriapus, Farbauti, Fenrir, Fornjot, Greip, Hati, Helene,Hyperion, Hyrrokkin, Iapetus, Ijiraq, Janus, Jarnsaxa, Kari, Kiviuq, Loge, Methone, Mimas, Mundilfari, Narvi, Paaliaq, Pallene,Pan, Pandora, Phoebe, Polydeuces, Prometheus, Rhea, Siarnaq, Skadi, Skoll, Surtur, Suttung, Tarqeq, Tarvos, Telesto,Tethys, Thrym, Titan and Ymir. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/moons/
Topography
Saturn is a ball made up of hydrogen and helium. Saturn has less dense.If you out Saturn in a big body of water it would float. The temperature of saturn changes the deeper the planet goes. Saturn can't be said to have a solid surface. Saturn's rings are made up of crystals. Saturn is filled with gases like hydrogen,ammonia,methane,etc.
Rotation/Revolution
Rotate
Saturn takes a period of 10 hours 47 minutes.July 2004 a spacecraft called Cassini was inserted into orbit about Saturn and it has completed many orbits around the planet.
Revolution
It takes Saturn 10,759 Earth days (or about 29 1/2 Earth years), to finish one revolution around the Sun.
Long Is a Day/Year
Day and Year
Saturn length of a day is only 10 hrs, 13 min, 59 sec!!! and the length of a year is 29.42
Diagram of Elliptical Path
Interesting Facts
Facts
- Saturn can be seen without a telescope.Saturn is seen as a star in the nights sky.
- The spokes that surround saturn are made of crystals.
- The nickname for Saturn rings areThe Lord of the Rings.
- Saturns winds go 1,000 mph (6,380 kmph) its faster than earths winds.
- Because the rings are so thin, when you look at them from the side, they almost disappear
Video of Saturn
Photo Gallery
Saturn distance away from sun/earth
The moving of saturn and Sun
Saturn moons
The End of Saturn
Citations
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