By: Mathew and Dalton

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Saturn the planet

• By Mathew and Dalton

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Saturns facts

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is
  the second largest in the solar system with an
  equatorial diameter of 119,300 kilometers (74,130
  miles). Much of what is known about the planet is
  due to the Voyager explorations in 1980-81.
  Saturn is visibly flattened at the poles, a
  result of the very fast rotation of the planet on
  its axis. Its day is 10 hours, 39 minutes long,
  and it takes 29.5 Earth years to revolve about
  the Sun. The atmosphere is primarily composed of
  hydrogen with small amounts of helium and
  methane. Saturn is the only planet less dense
  than water (about 30 percent less).

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The sixth planet

• The wind blows at high speeds on Saturn. Near the
  equator, it reaches velocities of 500 meters a
  second (1,100 miles an hour). The wind blows
  mostly in an easterly direction. The 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

• In the unlikely event that a large enough ocean
  could be found, Saturn would float in it.
  Saturn's hazy yellow hue is marked by broad
  atmospheric banding similar to, but fainter than,
  that found on Jupiter.

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Beautiful objects

• Saturn's ring system makes the planet one of the
  most beautiful objects in the solar system. The
  rings are split into a number of different parts,
  which include the bright A and B rings and a
  fainter C ring.

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The ring system has various gaps. The most
notable gap is the Cassini kah-SEE-nee
Division, which separates the A and B rings
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Things about saturn

• The wind blows at high speeds on Saturn. Near the
  equator, it reaches velocities of 500 meters a
  second (1,100 miles an hour). The wind blows
  mostly in an easterly direction. The 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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Features

• Radial, spoke-like features in the broad B-ring
  were also found by the Voyagers. The features are
  believed to be composed of fine, dust-size
  particles. The spokes were observed to form and
  dissipate in the time-lapse images taken by the
  Voyagers. While electrostatic charging may create
  spokes by levitating dust particles above the
  ring, the exact cause of the formation of the
  spokes is not well understood.

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Saturn

• This grand mosaic consists of 126 images acquired
  in a tile-like fashion, covering one end of
  Saturn's rings to the other and the entire planet
  in between. The images were taken over the course
  of two hours on Oct. 6, 2004, while Cassini was
  approximately 6.3 million kilometers (3.9 million
  miles) from Saturn. Since the view seen by
  Cassini during this time changed very little, no
  re-projection or alteration of any of the images
  was necessary.

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Saturn the planet

• The smallest features seen here are 38 kilometers
  (24 miles) across. Many of Saturn's splendid
  features noted previously in single frames taken
  by Cassini are visible in this one detailed,
  all-encompassing view subtle color variations
  across the rings, the thread-like F ring, ring
  shadows cast against the blue northern
  hemisphere, the planet's shadow making its way
  across the rings to the left, and blue-grey
  storms in Saturn's southern hemisphere to the
  right.

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Saturn

• Tiny Mimas and even smaller Janus are both
  faintly visible at the lower left. The
  Sun-Saturn-Cassini, or phase, angle at the time
  was 72 degrees hence, the partial illumination
  of Saturn in this portrait. Later in the mission,
  when the spacecraft's trajectory takes it far
  from Saturn and also into the direction of the
  Sun, Cassini will be able to look back and view
  Saturn and its rings in a more fully-illuminated
  geometry.

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The interior of Saturn
This picture illustrates the internal structure
of Saturn. The outer layer is primarily composed
of molecular hydrogen. As we go deeper where the
presure reaches 100,000 bars, the gas starts to
resemble a hot liquid. When the hydrogen reaches
a pressure of 1,000,000 bar, hydrogen changes
into a new state of metallic hydrogen
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Saturn
Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (above) and
Dione, were photographed by Voyager 1 on November
3, 1980, from a distance of 13 million kilometers
(8 million miles). The shadows of Saturn's three
bright rings and Tethys are cast onto the cloud
tops
Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (above) and
Dione, were photographed by Voyager 1 on November
3, 1980, from a distance of 13 million kilometers
(8 million miles). The shadows of Saturn's three
bright rings and Tethys are cast onto the cloud
tops
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Saturn

• Saturn's northern hemisphere is presently a
  serene blue, more befitting of Uranus or Neptune,
  as seen in this natural color image from Cassini.
  
• Light rays here travel a much longer path through
  the relatively cloud-free upper atmosphere.

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Source

• Wikipedia encyclpediea . org