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Saturn

• Jasleen Bains
• Milad Rashidian
• Kylie Rothney
• Katie Parrish
• Science Period 2
• March 10,2008

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Saturn

• Saturn was named after the Roman god of
  agriculture. In Roman mythology Saturn was the
  father of Jupiter.

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Galileo Galilei

• Galileo was the first to observe Satuen with a
  telescope in 1610.
• Since Earth passes through the plane of Saturn's
  rings every few years Galileo saw Saturn while
  it moved in its orbit

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• Saturn is made up of about 75 hydrogen and 25
  helium
• Saturn's interior is a rocky core, a liquid
  metallic hydrogen layer ,and a molecular hydrogen
  layer
• The planet has seven rings , and each one was
  given a letter between A and G for its name.
  Three of the rings, A, B and C, are visible from
  Earth with a telescope.

Saturn
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Saturn

• Its minimum distance from the Earth is 746
  million miles away.
• Its Average Distance from the Sun is 885,904,700
  miles away

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• How many days does Saturn take to orbit around
  the sun?

• Saturns revolution period around the Sun is 29.5
  Earth years.

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How long is one day on Saturn?

• It is 10 hours, 47 minutes and 6 seconds

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Saturns moons

• Saturn has 56 known moons orbiting it
• In total it has 60 know moons
• One of Saturns moons is Titan which is one of
  the largest moons in the Solar System

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Interesting Facts about Saturn

• Saturn is the second largest planet
• Saturn is the 6th planet from the Sun
• Saturns temperature is -217F
• Saturns rotation period is 0.44401 Earth days

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Even More interesting facts. Amazing isnt it?

• NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make an
  unprecedented "in your face" flyby of Saturn's
  moon Enceladus on Wed., March 12.
• NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of
  material orbiting Rhea, Saturn's second largest
  moon.

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Bibliography

• Information on Saturn
• http//www.nineplanets.org/saturn.html
• Blue Saturn
• http//nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/saturn/
  hst_saturn_nicmos.jpg
• Galileo looking through telescope
• http//galileoscientific.com/images/galileo.jpg
• Galileo
• http//apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0110/galileo_suste
  rmans.jpg
• Saturns Ring and Saturns satellite
• http//solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Ob
  jectSaturnDisplayGallery

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Bibliography

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• Sun shining
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• Saturn god of agriculture
• http//freewebs.com/saturnmen/planet-saturn.gif
• Song
• The Final Countdown-Europe