Saturn

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Saturn
By Kyle Novak, Cody Ritter, and Sydney Tomb
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Facts
Diameter and
Distance from the the Sun
In diameter, Saturn is about 74,898 miles.
Saturns diameter is about 9.4 times Earths.
764 Earths could fit inside a hollowed out
Saturn. Saturn is approximately 888,000,000
miles from the sun. That is about nine and a half
times further from the sun than Earth. Saturn is
the 6th planet from the sun.
Rotation and
Revolution
Saturn makes one revolution around the sun
every 29 years and 6 months. 11,000 Earth days
equals one year on Saturn. One rotation on Saturn
is 10 hours and 40 minutes. The rotation causes
Saturn to be slightly flat.
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Surroundings
Atmosphere and Temperature
The top of Saturn is 287 below 0. Little heat
reaches parts of Saturn. It is too cold to live
on Saturn. Saturns atmosphere is made up of
hydrogen and helium gases. Saturn also has a
small amount of methane and ethane.
Moons and Rings
Saturn has more than 18 moons and all of them are
made of ice and rock. Saturns largest moon is
Titan. The moons are less than 950 miles across.
Saturn has more than 1,000 rings. Saturns rings
got formed when a meteorite struck. The meteorite
blasted ice and rock away from the moons.
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History of saturn
Saturns symbol is a sickle. For exploration,
scientists sent three probes to study Saturn.
Each of the probes took a couple of weeks to fly
past Saturn. Pioneer 11 arrived first in 1979.
The newest mission to Saturn is Cassini. It was
launched on October 13, 1997 and arrived on July
1 2004. Saturn was named for the Roman god
Saturnus. The only thing we know about the
discovery is that it was discovered a long time
ago.
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Extremely Interesting Facts!
If you look through a telescope from Earth,
you can see Saturns rings. Saturns the only
planet in our solar system that is less dense
than water. People who weigh 100 lbs. on Earth
will weigh 108 lbs. on Saturn. Saturn has braided
rings. Saturn was the god of agriculture. Uranus
and Earth are Saturns sons, and Saturn is the
father of Jupiter.
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BibLiography

• Windows to the Universe

• The Nine Planets

• Star Child

• Welcome to the Planets

• Kids Astronomy

• A Virtual Journey Into the Universe

• NASA Kids

• Windows to the Universe

• Saturn by Gregory L. Vogt

• Classroom materials