Saturn
by Chloe and Abigale
Why we Chose Saturn
Why Saturn we chose Saturn .The meaning of Saturn's name is the Roman god of agriculture. Saturn has 7 ring groups and millions of rings. These rings are actually made of asteroids, ice, and rocks. We chose saturn because of one the rings and two it was a gas giant.
Saturns Rings
Saturns rings are 99 percent water and ice. Unlike Jupiter, Uranus and Neptunes rings this gas giant has spectacular rings. This is one of Saturns key atractions. Each of these rings has a name. A ring, B ring, C ring, D ring, G ring, E ring and F ring.
Cool things about Saturn
The hexagon on Saturn
In 2007 a probe got a picture of a hexagonal arangement of clouds turning around its north pole. The hexagon is seen emerging from winters shadow.This hexagon is twice as wide as earth.
Saturn and its Moons
Saturn has many moons. To be exact it has 62! One of Saturn's biggest moon is the Titan. The Titan is bigger than Mercury! Titan is the second largest moon in the solar system. 53 of Saturn's moons have names.
How Saturn got its name
Saturn is named after the roman god of agriculture. The greek equivalent was Chronos,Farther of Zeus/Jupiter. Other civilization gave different names to Saturn, which is the farthest planet from Earth that can be observed by the unaid human eye.
The great atractions
Did you know saturn had a storm called the Dragon Storm? The storm arose in September 2004, and this was one of the great atractions of Saturn.
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