Saturn

Saturn

Have you ever wondered why haven’t anyone set foot on saturn? How long does it take for Saturn to orbit the sun?  Want to find out these things then read on ...

Appearance:

Saturn has big rings with a rockey iron/nickel core. Saturn is yellow/grey blended in a shade like a lemon getting old. Saturn is made up of 94% hydrogen, 6% helium and small amounts of methane & ammonia.

Size:

Saturn is 58,232km radius and is the second largest after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with radur 9 times more on earth. If someone ever wanted to land on either Jupiter or Saturn you would  just fall though and die also then a dead person would be flying through the sky in a space suit

Time and mythology

Saturn goes around the sun in 29 earth years and is the roman name for cronus, the root of the english word saturday. Also the roman god for agriculture and the astromary symbol represents the sickle of another roman god.

Moon's & distance

Saturn has 64 moons and is the 6th planet closest to the sun apparently neptune has one of Saturn's moon Phoebe. Saturn is 1.433 billion km from the sun.

Conclusion

Overall Saturn has a huge rings made out of ice & rocks and is a huge gas giant.