saturn by jacob kaffey. symbol/name saturns name comes from the roman god of agriculture
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SaturnBy Jacob Kaffey
Symbol/NameSaturn’s name comes from the Roman god of agriculture
DiscoveryKnown by the ancients
Unknown discovery time
Galileo discovered rings around Saturn
Distances6th from the sun
1,427,000,000 km from the sun
1,200,000,000 km from Earth
MeasurementsMass
5.6832 x 1026 kg
Volume8.2713 x 1014 km3
Density0.687 g/cm2
Gravity10.4 m/s2
Orbit/RotationOrbit
29 years
Rotation10.565 hours
AtmosphereMostly hydrogen and helium
Sulfur
Methane
Ammonia
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Gases create colorful bands
TemperatureGenerally 95 K all the time
95 K= -178 Celcius
Composition/Appearance
Gas giant
No surface
Liquid metallic hydrogen
Iron and rock core
Ice
Looks like a butterscotch or brown color with naked eye and from space
Actually has multicolored bands
WeatherWinds up to 1,800 km/h
Violent “white” storms bigger than Earth
Ice storms
Clouds of carbon
RingsDiscovered by Galileo in 1610
Many colorsClearOrangeGreenBlueBlack
Made of ice
MoonsOver 60 moons
First 18 discovered by 1997
WaterLots of ice
Water deep in the atmosphere
Water and ice in the rings
If Humans Traveled to
Saturn…Wouldn’t be able to breathe
Can’t stand
Pressure would crush body
Freeze in the atmosphere
Choking
Burn in the core
SpecialStorms larger than Earth
Liquid hydrogen in atmosphere
Most predominant rings
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