The Ringed Marvel
By Couldbe Anybody Per. 1
Saturn Facts:
Distance from Sun: 856 million miles
Size compared to Earth:
Density: 0.6 g/cubic centimeter (would float in water!)
Composition: 97% Hydrogen, 3% Helium
Orbital Year: 29.5 years
Period of Rotation: 10 hours 39 minutes
Planetary Symbol
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A ring
Thin outer
C ring
B ring
Mainly ice and
Small particles
Saturn's atmosphere is
almost entirely
hydrogen and helium.
Voyager 1 found that
about 7 percent of the
volume of Saturn's
upper atmosphere is
helium (compared with
11 percent of Jupiter's
atmosphere), while
almost all the rest is
hydrogen.
These are just five of
Saturn’s 40 or more moons
Voyager 1 carried the “Golden
Record” of what life on Earth is
like
First visited by Pioneer 11 in early
1979, Voyager 1 and 2: Fly-by
Saturn in 1979 and 1980
Winds blow at high speeds in Saturn.
Near the equator, the Voyagers measured winds
about 500 meters a second (1,100 miles an hour).
The wind blows mostly in an easterly direction.
Strongest winds are found near the equator, and
velocity falls off uniformly at higher latitudes.
At latitudes greater than 35 degrees, winds
alternate east and west as latitude increases.
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No solid surface to stand on (it’s a gas planet!)
Very cold
Very windy
Very short days
Long years
Little usable sunshine
No breathable atmosphere
Signal takes to reach Earth (conversation with
Earthlings difficult!)
2008: European Space Agency probe
Cassini-Huygens will closely monitor
Saturn’s moon Titan
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How does Saturn generate its internal heat?
What are the "spokes" in the rings?
What is the origin of the rings?
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http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
http://spacephysics.ucr.edu/index.php?conte
nt-=solar_wind/cc/cbastille.html
http://www.solarviews.com/browse/pia/PIA
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http://www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html
http://www.kidzone.ws/planets/saturn.htm