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Saturn

Saturn. By L indsay Klenk. Named after Roman god of Agriculture Symbol represents the God. Symbol and Name. Discovered by ancients No exact date of discovery. Discovery. Sixth planet from sun 1,426,725,400 km from the sun. Distances. Mass is 5.69x10^26

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Saturn

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  1. Saturn By Lindsay Klenk

  2. Named after Roman god of Agriculture • Symbol represents the God Symbol and Name

  3. Discovered by ancients • No exact date of discovery Discovery

  4. Sixth planet from sun • 1,426,725,400 km from the sun Distances

  5. Mass is 5.69x10^26 • volume: 198,439,019,647,006mi^3 • Density: 690kg/m^3 • Saturn would float in water due to density • Gravity: 34.3 ft/s^2 Measurements

  6. Orbit around sun: 29 Earth years • Rotation: 10.7 Earth hours Orbit and Rotation

  7. Hydrogen • Helium • Methane • Clouds Atmosphere

  8. Average of -288 Fahrenheit • Atmoshpere can get up to 134 Fahrenheit Temperature

  9. Gas giant • Liquid chemicals • Flat because of fast rotation • Visible rings • Clouds • Internal: hydrogen and helium Composition and Appearance

  10. Clouds • Storms • Six sided clouds at poles • Could be as stormy as Jupiter Weather

  11. Formed by ice and rock • 1km thick • Large as mountains or small as dust • Most complicated of all planets • Moons orbit rings • Some moons orbit in gaps to keep them clear Rings

  12. Volcanoes, Craters, Light and dark • Over 50 moons • Titan • Pheobe • Janus • Iapetus • Rhea • Etc. Moons

  13. Possible ice on Enceladus (moon) • Water in bottom layer of atmosphere Water

  14. Couldn’t breath • No solid land to stand on • Be dragged down by gravity • Atmosphere would crush a human What would happen if a human traveled here?

  15. Has moons similar to earth • Most complicated ring system Special

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