By: Joanne Huynh
Planet’s Symbol
Origin
Roman mythology
 God of agriculture
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Discovery Of Saturn
Who: Galileo
 How: Through a telescope
 When: 1610
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Distances
Saturn is the 6th planet from the sun
 It’s 1,429,400,000 km from the sun
 1.67 billion km from Earth
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Planet Measurements
Mass: 5.6832x1026 kg
 Volume: 8,2713x1014 km3
 Density: 0.687 g/cm3
 Gravity: 10.4 m/s2
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Saturn would float on water because it’s
less dense than water.
Orbit and Rotation
It takes 29.46 Earth years for Saturn to
orbit the Sun
 To rotate on it’s axis in one day it takes
Saturn 10.2 Earth hours
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Composition of the Atmosphere
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Made of mostly hydrogen and helium
 75% Hydrogen
 25% Helium
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Thick atmosphere
Temperature
Saturn’s temperature range is -290oF
 It would be freezing compared to Earth
 Compared to Florida it would be
extremely cold
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Composition/Appearance
Saturn is a gas giant, and it’s composition
is similar to Jupiter’s
 It’s mainly 75% hydrogen, and 25% helium
 There are traces of water, methane,
ammonia, and rock on the planet
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Saturn is almost as big as Jupiter in size. It
has 8 rings around it, and it appears to be
striped with a yellowish tan. Saturn can be
seen with a naked eye.
Weather On Saturn
Fog and wind occur on Saturn
 The winds blow 1,100 mph (500 meters
per second)
 The clouds in the atmosphere are cold,
thick, and in a uniform shape
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Rings
Saturn has 8 divisions of rings
 The rings are made of ice chunks and
rocks
 It was discovered by Galileo in 1910
with a 20-power telescope
 The color of the rings are tannish gray
and white
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Moons
There are 53 moons on Saturn and 9
being confirmed
 Saturn’s moons might be able to support
life
 The moons’ of Saturn were discovered
in the 1600s
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Forms of Water on Saturn
Water ice
 Rain
 Ice atmosphere
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What would happen if a human
traveled to Saturn?
You’d weight about 7lbs heavier
 You’d float around Saturn
 No long term survival, because Saturn
does not support life
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Something Special
Since 2004, 5 missions were taken
place on Saturn
 They’ve been researching about the
moons and rings on Saturn
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