Saturn

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Saturn

• Dalia and Tabatha

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History

• Saturn was discovered by Galileo in 1610 it was
  seen through a telescope.
• Saturn was named after the God of sowing seeds
  and of the harvest

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Solar System

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun
• Saturn is 886 million miles or 1,426 million
  kilometers from the Sun.
• Saturn spins much faster than earth. Saturn is a
  great ball of hydrogen and helium.
• Saturn is the farthest from the Sun.

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Moons

• Saturn has 53 moons
• These are some of Saturns moons Titan, Rhea,
  Hyperion, Janus, Phoebe, Pan, Pandora, Helene,
  Calypso, Prometheus, Anthe, Kari and Daphnis.

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Planet appearance

• Saturn is a yellowish color with rings made out
  of ice, chunks of water, dust and rocks
• There is 7 main rings.
• The planet symbol of Saturn looks like a H with a
  curve at the end.

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Rings

• Saturn has 7 main rings A-G the rings are made
  out of ice and dust.
• The rings are 169,800 miles wide.

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Exploration

• Pioneer 10 was first Probe to study Saturn in
  1979.
• Voyager was launched September 5,1977 it flew
  past Saturn.
• Five missions have sent to Saturn.

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Interesting Facts

• If Saturn was in water it will float.
• Since Saturn is bigger than Earth you will weight
  more on Saturn.

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