Wednesday, August 3, 2011

   Saturn is named after the roman god of harvest . One day is 10 hours and 33 minutes.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

     The surface of the one of planet saturns moons titan
    Saturns biggest moon titan


All About Saturn    Saturn has over 60 moons. It takes saturn 29 and a half earth years to orbit the sun. The winds on saturn are six times worse then hurricanes.Saturn rotates faster then any other planet except jupiter.
     Saturn has a small and very dense solid core which is made up of ice and rock. It is surrounded by a layer of liquid matellic hydrogen. Outer layers are helium, water, methan, and emonia. The core is extremely hot reaching over 21,000 degrees.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Saturns distance from the sun is an average of 891 million miles
The furthest distance from saturn to earth is 980 million miles. The closest its ever been to earth was 796 miles
saturns moons and how far the rings are away from saturn


Saturns rings are made up of little tiny particles.

Saturn

When we look at saturn it looks pale and yellow but we are really looking at its cloudy atmosphere.
It is one of the largest and brightest planets

Carolyn Porco talks about Saturn






I found this video about Saturn. It will prepare the group to travel there and give us an idea of what to expect!!!