The Planet Saturn

The Planet Saturn By : Makayla Boysen

Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, is one of four “gas giants.” It is easily recognized by its set of rings. The rings were originally discovered by Galileo in 1610, although the person new it as “ears.” Saturn’s rings are made mostly office and rock. Chunks range in size from a penny to a car. The rings have a total diameter of over 185,000 miles

The planet Saturn is the 6 th planet from the sun it takes 10,7555.7 earth days to go around the sun

Saturn does have a moon in fact it has multiple. The planet Saturn has 62 moons. The largest moon is titan measuring 5,150.

Saturn has 7 rings they were discovered in the year 1610 by Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was the first to discover Saturn he discovered the planet and the rings .

What is the weather like on saturn

Wind and temperature- No longer the windiest planet , or is it just a variation with altitude ?

The most recent probe that was sent was in 2004 . There was no reason for it except for the information to help education expand .

What the name is named after

Romans named the planet after their god of agriculture

Saturn has some of the same gasses you put into a balloon . Known as

The day Saturday was named after Saturn

Saturn is the only planet in our solar system that able to float

Saturn is the only planet you can see the rings from a telescope on earth .

Saturn only recieves 1/80th the amount of sunlight as the as the earth does

Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system

There could be life near Saturn

Saturn has only been visited 4 times by spacecrafts.

www.universetoday.com

http://spacefacts.com/Saturn

www.quickfactsaboutsaturn.com

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planet/

http://spaceplace.nasa.gove/menu/solarsystem

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