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Planet Saturn

Second Largest Gas Giant Diameter: 120,660 km

10 x size of Earth Located Between Jupiter and Uranus Temperature:-178 degrees Celcius

Saturn’s Origin Named after the Roman god Saturnus

(namesake of Saturday) The god of agriculture He was called Cronus by the Greeks Equated to the Greek Kronos (the Titan

father of Zeus) the Babylonian Ninurta and Hindu Shani.

Saturn’s symbol represents the god’s sickle.

The son of Uranus and the father of Jupiter.Saturn overthrew Uranus to become king of

the gods, however, was later overthrown himself by Jupiter.

Moons of Saturn 62 moons discovered 53 officially named Saturn’s moons have icy surfaces

Very cold so that ice is as rigid as rock and craters from meteor impacts

Densities of moon: 1.0 - 1.5 g/cc Largest moon: Titan

The atmosphere has several layers of hazeHas pressure at the surface of 1.6x that of EarthMade up of nitrogen & 1% concentration of

methane.

Saturn’s Rings

Ice and Rock Pieces Smaller rings combines to make the

huge ring-Rings about 1.5 km think

The sun’s rays reflect off frozen ice, allowing the rings to become visible.

Life on Saturn? Although is has not been proven that

there is life on Saturn, the assumption is likely to be correct for several reasons.Saturn is cold10x the distance from the Sun that Earth isSaturn receives 1/100th (sq. of the distance) as

much energy per unit area.Atmosphere varies from -100 degrees C to

almost -200 degrees C.

Saturn

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