1. Saturn Made by: •RenataAndonovska • Stefani Georgievska •Monika Sapkov
2. ~ Saturn’s facts Saturn’s facts Saturn is the second biggest planet, but it’s also the lightest planet. If there was a bathtub big enough to hold Saturn, it would float in the water! Distance from Sun Approximately 856 million miles Number of Moons More than 30 (we're discovering more all the time -- 18 have been named Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in the entire solar system. Diameter Approximately 75,000 miles (120,000 km) the second largest planet -- more than 9 Earths could line up across it!
3. Composition 97% Hydrogen gas, about 3% helium gas and about 0.05% methane, plus ammonia. You could not stand on the surface because it's gaseous. Length of a Year 29.5 Earth years (the length of one orbit around the sun) Name named for the Roman god of agriculture. The day Saturday is also named after him. Discovered by: Saturn has been observed in the night sky since ancient times but Galileo was the first to observe it with a telescope in 1610. Visited by Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, Cassini (2004)
4. ~ Saturn’s rings • Saturn's rings can be seen with even a small telescope. A larger telescope show that there are multiple rings. • The rings are made of chunks of rock and ice -- some just tiny pieces of dust, some more than half a mile (one km) across. • Very wide: 150,000 miles in diameterbut very thin: only a few hundred yards thick. Saturn’s rings Saturn’s rings
7. Cassini Cassini, a joint U.S-European orbiter/probe mission to Saturn and Titan, was launched in October 1997, and will arrive in the Saturnian system in 2004. Cassini's 4-year scientific mission has two purposes: to complete a multispectral, orbital surveillance of Saturn, and to investigate Titan. Cassini will measure the planet's magnetosphere, atmosphere, and rings, and observe some of its icy satellites and Titan during close flybys.
