The sixth planet from the sun and the second largest in the solar system, having a sidereal period of revolution about the sun of 29.5 years at a mean distance of about 1,426,000,000 kilometers (886,000,000 miles), a mean diameter of approximately 120,000 kilometers (74,000 miles), and a mass 95 times that of Earth.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest in the solar system
Diameter- about 74,900 miles (120,540 kilometers)
Saturn is flattened at the poles, this is a result of the very fast rotation of the planet on its axis.
Its day is 10 hours and 39 minutes.
Mass- 568 * 1024 kilograms
Saturns rings are made up of numerous narrow ringlets they are made up of ice particles that travel around the planet.
Saturn can be seen from Earth with the naked eye, but its rings cannot.
Distance from the sun- about 941,070,000 miles (1,514,500,000 kilometers)
Average Temperature- -184'C (-300'F)
Saturn has 60 moons
Pan, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus, Phoebe, S/2000 S 1, S/2000 S 2, S/2000 S 3, S/2000 S 4, S/2000 S 5, S/2000 S 6, S/2000 S 7, S/2000 S 8, S/2000 S 9, S/2000 S 10, S/2000 S 11, and S/2000 S 12.
Saturn has seveal hundred rings, but it is not the only planet that does have rings. Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune have ring too.
Its beautiful rings are 169,800 miles wide.
one orbit around the sun takes 10,759.2 days
Saturn has a tilted axis of 27'
Period of Rotation- 30 earth years to travel around the sun once
Period of revolution- spins around once in only 10 hours 39 minutes
yes Saturn has an atmosphere
Scientists believe saturn's atmosphere is a giant ball of gas that has no solid surface
Maximum Temperature 465°C (870° F) Minimum Temperature -184°C -300° F
Galileo was the first to observe it with a telescope in 1610
Saturn has several sunspots
named for the Roman god of agriculture, Saterday was named after him too
yes you can see saturn all the time through a tellescope in the winter
Cool Facts
In the Nothern Hemispthere winter started in May 2003, it will continue that day for more than 7 earth years.
Saturn
(noun)- Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest in the solar system
- Diameter- about 74,900 miles (120,540 kilometers)
- Saturn is flattened at the poles, this is a result of the very fast rotation of the planet on its axis.
- Its day is 10 hours and 39 minutes.
- Mass- 568 * 1024 kilograms
- Saturns rings are made up of numerous narrow ringlets they are made up of ice particles that travel around the planet.
- Saturn can be seen from Earth with the naked eye, but its rings cannot.
- Distance from the sun- about 941,070,000 miles (1,514,500,000 kilometers)
- Average Temperature- -184'C (-300'F)
- Saturn has 60 moons
Pan, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Iapetus, Phoebe, S/2000 S 1, S/2000 S 2, S/2000 S 3, S/2000 S 4, S/2000 S 5, S/2000 S 6, S/2000 S 7, S/2000 S 8, S/2000 S 9, S/2000 S 10, S/2000 S 11, and S/2000 S 12.Cool Facts
In the Nothern Hemispthere winter started in May 2003, it will continue that day for more than 7 earth years.
Biliography-
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/saturn_worldbook.html
http://www.kidzone.ws/planets/saturn.htm