Transcript Saturn

Chimera Fuller
Lindsey Seu
Planet Saturn
Second Largest
 Gas Giant
 Diameter: 120,660 km
 10 x size of Earth
 Located Between Jupiter and Uranus
 Temperature:-178 degrees Celcius
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Saturn’s Origin
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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.
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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
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 Very cold so that ice is as rigid as rock and
craters from meteor impacts
 Densities of moon: 1.0 - 1.5 g/cc
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Largest moon: Titan
 The atmosphere has several layers of haze
 Has pressure at the surface of 1.6x that of Earth
 Made up of nitrogen & 1% concentration of
methane.
Saturn’s Rings
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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?
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Although is has not been proven that there
is life on Saturn, the assumption is likely
to be correct for several reasons.
 Saturn is cold
 10x the distance from the Sun that Earth is
 Saturn 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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Works Cited
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