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The Many Facts of Saturn . By: Makayla Powell. Saturn’s Temperature. Saturn’s average temperature is -285*. We would be frozen! Brrrrrr … Wind speeds have been measured more than 1,000 mph. Considerably higher than Jupiter. What is Saturn made of?.
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The Many Facts of Saturn By: Makayla Powell
Saturn’s Temperature • Saturn’s average temperature is -285*. We would be frozen! Brrrrrr… • Wind speeds have been measured more than 1,000 mph. Considerably higher than Jupiter.
What is Saturn made of? • Saturn is made up of 94% hydrogen and 6% helium. It is one of the Gas Planets.
Saturn’s Moons • Saturn has 62 moons. 30 of them are named. 2 of the most common moons are Titan and Enceladus.
Saturn’s Days • A day on Saturn is 10 hours and 39 minutes. That’s less than half an Earth day.
A YEAR ON Saturn • A year on Saturn is 10,832 Earth days. That’s 29.7 Earth years.
Distance from the Sun • Saturn is 890,700,000 miles from the sun. That is 1,433,000,000 kilometers from the sun.
So… compared to other Planets… • Saturn is 9.44 times that of Earth. That’s almost ten time that of Earth. • It is the 2nd biggest Planet
Saturn’s Diameter • Saturn’s equilateral diameter is 120,536 kilometers.
Fun Facts • Did you know that Saturn is the 6th Planet away from the sun? • Saturn’s rings were first seen by Galileo in 1610 during the first telescope observations of this Planet.
Works Sited • WWW.esa.int.com • WWW.Google.com • http.nineplanets.org • The Solar System Poster