Saturn

by Ben and AJ

cronus

Cronus is Saturn's Greek name.
In Greek mythology, cronus was the son of Uranus and earth.

Distances

Saturn is 840 miles from the sun.
Saturn is 1.2billion km from the earth.

Voyager

March of what we now know about the second largest planet in our solar system comes from the voyager spacecraft. Voyager took close up pictures of Saturn and its rings. They clearly show the large gaps in between the rings, called the cassini division and encke division.

Saturn facts

The gas giant planet Saturn has a large group of 60 moons. It also has the largest, most complex, and best-known ring system In our solar system. Saturn's moon titan is one of the few moons in the solar system with much of an atmosphere. It is also one of the largest moons in the solar system.

More facts

Some of Saturn's moons are odd. A giant crater on mimas makes it look like the “death star” from the star wars movies. Lapetus is quite dark on one side and very bright on the other. Hyperion is shaped like a garbage can. Prometheus and Pandora are called “shepherd moons” because they herd particles into Saturn's “F ring” phoebe is very dark and moves in a strange orbit.

Saturn's moons and rings

Some of Saturn's moons are icy moons. Most of the others are small moons which are basically large rocks in space.

Diameter distance

The diameter of Saturn across is 119,871km (74,500 miles)

Surface gravity

Saturn's surface gravity is 26 42”

Rotation period about axis

The rotation period about axis is 10.67 hrs

Revolution period about the sun

The revolution period about the sun is 29.5 years