SATURN

SATURN FACTS

• The diameter of Saturn is 120,536 km
• Distance from the sun:9.54 UAg
• Orbital period 29.47 Earths years
• Moons 60+
• Saturn is the 6th planet away from the sun
• 2nd largest planet
• Saturns rotation takes 10h 42m
• Saturn is the root word for Saturday

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Saturns atmosphere is made up of hydrogen and helium
• The temperature is -270 degrees Fahrenheit and -168 degrees Celsius
• Saturns density is 687 kg/m3
• Saturns gravity 10.44 m/s2
• Saturns made up of gases instead of the earth that is a solid
• Saturns rings are the biggest and brightest
• Saturn is the least density planet.of all the planets
• Saturn is the farthest planet from earth with the naked eye

MORE FEATURES

• If there was a bathtub big enough to hold Saturn it would float
• The yellow and gold bands in Saturn are super fast winds in the upper atmosphere
• Which wind speeds can reach up to 1,100mph
• Saturn spins faster then all the planets besides Jupiter
• Saturn TILTS at 27 degrees which is close to the earths tilt
• Saturn haves season like earth butt they last 7 years each
• Saturn has 4 main groups of rings and three fainter narrower ring group
• The rings are separated by gaps called division

RESEARCH QUESTION

• Could we land a space ship on the planet Saturn?
• I don't think that we can land a space ship on the planet Saturn.because the wind speed reach up to 1100 mph in the atmosphere.the planets temp is a steady temp of -270 degrees and I don't think that the human life could live on a planet that is -270 degrees.I think it would be cool to live on Saturn butt very cold.It would be hard to a just to the change of day we would be rotate on the axis that take 10hr and 42min so that would be fast nights and fast days

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• 1. Haiku deck images
• 2. Interactive science book
• 3. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn