domingo, 2 de abril de 2017

SATURN

CHARACTERISTICS

DIAMETER: Saturn has an equatorial diameter of 120,536 km 9.44 that the Earth.

TEMPERATURE: The effective surface temperature of Saturn is minus 288 degrees.

MASS: The mass of Saturn is 5684 6A-1026 kg. Just for comparison, this is about 95 times the mass of the Earth.

VOLUME: The total volume of Saturn is 8.2713A-1014 cubic km.

SURFACE AREA: The surface area of Saturn is 4.27x1010 square km. This is almost 84 times the surface area of the Earth.

SATELLITES: Saturn has 62 satellites with confirmed orbits, 53 of  which have names. Titan is the biggest satellite of Saturn.

RINGS: There are billions of rings particles in the entire ring system. The particle sizes range from tiny, dust-sized icy grains to a few particles as large as mountains.



FUN FUCTS:
- You cannot stand on Saturn because Saturn is made mostly of gases.
- Saturn is sometimes  called the Jewel of the Solar System
- Saturn goes around the Sun very slowly. A year in Saturn is more than 29 Earth years.
- Saturn spins on its axis very fast. A day in Saturn is 10 hours and 14 minutes.
- The day Saturday was named after Saturn.



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