Saturn

Overview

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun
• It is made quite distinct by its many beautiful rings that orbit the planet
• A Saturn Day is about 10.7 hours long
• Saturn has confirmed 53 moons so far - The biggest being Titan

Size and Distances

• Saturn is a Gas Giant and the second largest in the Solar System
• It has a 72368 miles or 116464 kilometres and is 764 times the size of Earth
• Saturn is 886 million miles or 1.4 billion kilometres from the Sun
• To Earth it would be a journey of roughly 746 miles or 1.2 billion miles for Saturn

Composition

• Being a Gas Giant means that there is no Earth like surface
• The diameter of the rings are 3 times that of Earths and made up of Ice, Rock and Dust
• Saturn might have a solid core although it has not been proven yet
• Similar to Jupiter, Saturn is composed of large layers of Gas Clouds

Temperature and Atmosphere

• The average temperature of Saturn is -113 degrees celsius
• It is roughly 75% Hydrogen and 25% Helium and other trace substances like methane and water ice
• The atmosphere is similar to Jupiter overall in that its core is surrounded by liquid and very thick
• Saturn's winds are quite extreme but not as powerful as Jupiter's or Neptunes's