SATURN

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SATURN
This is a picture of Saturn.

• Tabatha and Dalia

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History

• Galileo Galilei discovered Saturn in 1610 in
  Italy using a telescope.
• Saturn was named after the Roman god of
  agriculture.
• Saturns symbol is like a h but curly.

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Galileo Galilei

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Solar System

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun.
• Saturn is the second gas giant.
• Saturn is 840-940 million miles from the Sun.
• Saturns orbital period is 10,747 earth days.
• Saturns rotation period is 0.45 earth days.

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Moons
These are Saturns biggest moons.

• Saturn has 53 moons and 9 unofficial moons.
• Some of Saturns moons are Titan,Atlas,Calypso,Dio
  ne,Encela-dus,Phobe,Hyperion,Iapetus,Janus,Mim-as,
  and Tethys.

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Planet appearance

• Saturn is a yellowish color, has some rings, has
  a small rocky core, and has a red oval cloud.
• Saturn is made up of gases.

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Rings
Saturns rings.

• Saturns rings are the brightest and the largest
  in the solar system.
• Saturn has 7 main rings that are lettered A-G.
• Saturns rings are made of specks and chunks of
  water, ice, and some dust rocks.

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Exploration
This one of the many probes that have visited
Saturn.

• Pioneer 10 is the first probe to study Saturn in
  1979.
• Voyager 1 explored Saturn on November 13, 1980.

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Interesting Facts
This is Saturn with its symbol next to it.

• Saturns wind speed is up to 800 kilometers per
  hour.
• Saturn is very dense, it is the only planet that
  could float in water.
• Saturns coldest is -220 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Saturn is 9.5 AU (astronaut units) from the Sun.