Exploration
Saturn
Rings
Saturn has 7 groups of rings mostly containing ice.
The following probes have visited Saturn Pioneer 11 in 1979, Voyager 1 in 1980, Voyager 2 in 1981, and Cassini in 2004.
by Aaron Yohana and Zach Hernandez
Resources
Moons
Surface Condition
Composition and Atmosphere
Saturn has 62 moons. Some of the most known ones are Titan, Enceladus, Rhea, Dione, Mimas, Iapetus, Tethys, Janus, Phoebe, and Hyperion.
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Saturn possesses 3 layers of clouds, and controls strong winds from 225 mph to 1000! Saturn's interior contains pressures 3 million times the pressure of Earth's sea level.
Saturn's has a rocky core encased with hydrogen and helium. The surface composition of Saturn is 93% molecular hydrogen, 6% percent helium, and 1% other elements. Saturn's atmosphere composition is predominantly hydrogen, with the rest helium and small doses of methane and ammonia
History
Solar System
Planet Measurements
Saturn was discovered in April 14, 1629 by Christiaan Huygens, he found it by searching through his telescope and found Saturn's rings which lead to Saturn. Saturn's got its name originally by the roman's god of harvest and time.
A fun fact about Saturn is that it can float on water for its gases.
Saturn has a diameter of 116464.04 kilometers. Saturn also has a revolution of 29 earth years and rotation of 10 earth hours and 39 earth minutes. Saturn has a gravitational pull of 10.44 m/s^2. Saturn also contains 62 moons and 7 ring groups.
Saturn is the 6th planet away from the sun with 9.6 AUs or 1.44 billion kilometers, an AU is an astronomical unit measuring the length between the Earth and Sun. The Saturn also has an orbital period of 29 earth years, and a rotation of 10 earth hours and 39 earth minutes