Saturn

Saturn Fact File!!

• Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system and is another gas giant.

·         Saturn has a small rocky core covered with liquid gas.

·         It is surrounded by a system of rings that stretch out into space for thousands of kilometres.

·         The rings are made up of millions of ice crystals, some as big as houses and others as small as specks of dust.

·         Saturn is very light as it is made up of more hydrogen than helium so it is less dense. If we could fit Saturn into a bathtub it would float (but that would have to be one big bathtub!)

·         Like Jupiter, Saturn has many moons which surround it.

·         Saturn is not a peaceful planet.  Storm winds race around the atmosphere at 800kmp/h.

·         Saturn has a very strong magnetic field which traps energy particles resulting in high levels of radiation.

·         Saturn has a total of 60 moons, many of which were only discovered in the last few years – 52 of them have received official names. Believe it or not, this isn’t the most in the Solar System  

·           Saturn has very short days compared to the Earth. It takes Saturn only 10 hours and 39 minutes to completely turn around. However, it takes 10,759 Earth days to go around the sun. That's 29.5 Earth years. So if you are 29.5 years on Earth you would only be 1 year old on Saturn. That means that I wouldn't even be 2 years old yet.

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