saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet

from the sun.

Saturn has over more than a dozen rings.

Also Saturn Is the only planet

with visible rings.

Saturn’s climate is -150

degrees Celsius on the cloud tops and toward the core

it is about 11,000 degrees Celsius.

Near the equator of the

planet the winds can

reach up to about 1,100

mph.

Saturn has the fastest winds

of all the planets in the solar system

Saturn was the Greek God of harvest. His reign was during the Golden Age.

Saturn is the namesake for

both the planet Saturn, and

Saturday

Saturn is made up of hydrogen

and helium.

It is covered

in an ocean of

hydrogen.Could you live

there? No you cant because there is

no surface for you to stand on, so you would be swimming in

hydrogen. Except the gravity is so strong that you

would sink.

• Saturn has 62 moons including unofficial moons

• I did not want to have 62 slides on moons so here are 4 of the most known moons

• Pan is the innermost of Saturn's moons• Pan creates stripes also called wakes• Pan was discovered by, M.R Showalter in 1990

when taking pictures with the Voyager 2 spacecraft 9 years prior

• People call this moon a mysterious UFO moon for its odd shape

• It was discovered by Richard Terrile taken by Voyager 1 in 1980

• It was named after the atlas in greek mythology

• Rhea has many impact craters

• This moon is named after the “mother of gods”

• It is designated as Saturn V for being the fifth largest moon

It is

Saturn’s

largest

moon. It is

also the

second

largest

moon in

the solar

system.

In November 1980

Voyager 1 flew by

and took pictures.

It was

discovered by

Christian

Huygens

Saturn is the least dense planet in the solar system.

Saturn's density varies from 0.7 g/cm3 and 0.75 g/cm3

Saturn’s diameter is about 74,898

miles. That is nine times bigger than Earth’s Diameter.

Also, immediately when you

enter Saturn, you will gain 7 pounds.

Saturn’s distance

from the sun is 1,429 million km.

The distance

between Saturn

and Earth is 746

million miles

746 million miles

1429 million km.

Not the Gum!

It takes Saturn 29.7 years to complete a full rotation

around the sun.

The rings of Saturn are

composed of mainly water ice and some dust particle along

with other chemicals.

Scientist suggest that the rings are remains of a giant

moon that was stripped of it icy shell before it

crashed into the planet.