Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun it is the second biggest planet in our solar system. Saturn dose has the same structure as the Jupiter.
Atmosphere: Saturn has the same cloud for motion as Jupiter but Saturn clouds are less colourful than that of Jupiter. This is because Saturn’s atmosphere has more sulfur in than Jupiter this explains the yellow appearance of Saturn. The surface of Saturn is narrow just like Jupiter. The three cloud disks of Saturn are found mostly in the lower troposphere, which the haze of smog is found higher up in the atmosphere. There are similarities in Jupiter and Saturn like the molecules in the atmosphere, there are hydrogen and helium present. It’s believed that Saturn is still evolving.
Moons and Rings: Saturn has 31 moons and a very colourful and complex ring system. Saturn’s moon Titan has a very interesting atmosphere, this is the only moon in the solar system that has a significant atmosphere.
Discover Saturn: Saturn is visible to the eye in the night sky. The Greek named this planet after a god of agriculture and time. We first found out that Saturn has rings in 1655, this was because Galileo saw to lumps either side of Saturn but he didn’t know what there were. An astronomer Christian Huygens later found out that the lumps either side were rings. The rings on Saturn are clearly show as larger gaps between the rings called Cassini Division and Encke Division after the two scientists that discovered then. Titan was discovered in 1655 by Huygens.
| Diameter: | Mass: | Density: | Minimum Distance From Sun: | Maximum Distance from Sun: | Orbital Semimajor Axiz: | Minmum Distance from Earth: |
| 119,871 km (74,500 miles) | 586.5x10^24 kilograms (95 x Earth's) | 687 kg/m^3 | 1.35 billion km (840 million miles) |
1.5 billion km (938 million miles) |
9.53 AU (Earth=1 AU) | 1.2 billion km (746 million miles) |
| Rotation Period about Axis: | Revolution Period about the Sun: | Tilt of Axis: | Surface Gravity: | Temperature at Cloud Tops: | Averager Cloud Top Temperature (K): | Satellties/Rings: |
| 10.67 hrs | 29.5 years | 26 o 42" | 8.96 m/s^2 (0.92 x Earth's) | -170 o C (-274 o F) | 103K | 31 known moons, many rings |
