SaturnBy Jacob Kaffey

Symbol/NameSaturn’s name comes from the Roman god of agriculture

DiscoveryKnown by the ancients

Unknown discovery time

Galileo discovered rings around Saturn

Distances6th from the sun

1,427,000,000 km from the sun

1,200,000,000 km from Earth

MeasurementsMass

5.6832 x 1026 kg

Volume8.2713 x 1014 km3

Density0.687 g/cm2

Gravity10.4 m/s2

Orbit/RotationOrbit

29 years

Rotation10.565 hours

AtmosphereMostly hydrogen and helium

Sulfur

Methane

Ammonia

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Gases create colorful bands

TemperatureGenerally 95 K all the time

95 K= -178 Celcius

Composition/Appearance

Gas giant

No surface

Liquid metallic hydrogen

Iron and rock core

Ice

Looks like a butterscotch or brown color with naked eye and from space

Actually has multicolored bands

WeatherWinds up to 1,800 km/h

Violent “white” storms bigger than Earth

Ice storms

Clouds of carbon

RingsDiscovered by Galileo in 1610

Many colorsClearOrangeGreenBlueBlack

Made of ice

MoonsOver 60 moons

First 18 discovered by 1997

WaterLots of ice

Water deep in the atmosphere

Water and ice in the rings

If Humans Traveled to

Saturn…Wouldn’t be able to breathe

Can’t stand

Pressure would crush body

Freeze in the atmosphere

Choking

Burn in the core

SpecialStorms larger than Earth

Liquid hydrogen in atmosphere

Most predominant rings

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