ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SATURN

QUICK FACTS

• Size of planet: 16.49 billion sq. miles
• Distance from sun: 890,700,000 miles away
• Length of rotation: 10.2 Earth hours
• Length of day: 10 hours 39minutes
• Length of year: 29.7 earth years

QUICK FACTS CONT.

• Number of moons: 62
• What is the planet made of: 96.3% Hydrogen, 3.25% helium
• Who discovered it: No known discoverer, but Galileo & Christiaan Huygens
• How it got the name: Named after a roman god of agriculture
• How long does it take: About 4 years or more

WEATHER REPORT

• Monday: Swirling Clouds and wind gusts of 1,000 MPH
• Tuesday: Surface temperature around -216°F
• Wednesday: Raining (Ammonia Crystals)
• Thursday: Beautiful Aurora
• Friday: Freezing cold around -285°F

TRAVEL ESSENTIALS

• Thermal Suits & Gas Masks/Oxygen tanks
• Levitation devices
• Levitating homes
• Self replenishing food
• Plenty of water

EARTH VS. SATURN

• Can't support life
• No land or water
• All gas (But both have auroras)
• Many moons
• Has rings

ENTERTAINMENT

• Go bouncing on the spongy moon Hyperion
• Skate on the rings of Saturn
• Go Ice Skating on the moon Tethys

DISCOVERIES

• Galileo was the first to discover the ring, but he didn't really know what they were.
• He thought that there were 2 moons on both sides of Saturn. But realized after a seconds look that they were gone.
• Christiaan Huygens later discovered that what Galileo saw were the rings of Saturn.

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