Planet Storyboard Saturn
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- When was Saturn Discovered?
- Galileo Galilei discovered Saturn. Saturn is famous for it's rings, the planet was discovered in 1610. He was an Italian astronomer.
- Saturn's Moons
- Saturn has 82 moons, 53 are confirmed and named, but 29 moons are not confirmed.
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- Saturn's Mass
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- Saturn's Mass is: 5.683 × 10^26 kg.Saturn's mass compared to earth's is 95 times the mass of Earth.
- FUN FACT: Saturn has only been visited 4 times by spacecraft.
- Saturn's Distance away from the Sun and Diameter
- Saturn's distance from the Sun is 890.8 million mi. Saturn's diameter is 72,367 mi.
- FUN FACT: Did you know Titan is the largest of Saturn's moons and the first to be discovered.
- Saturn's Orbital period
- Saturn's orbital period is 29 years. Saturn's length of day is 0d 10h 42m.
- FUN FACT: Saturn could float in water because it is mostly gas and helium.
- Saturn's Rings
- The first astronomers thought that Saturn's rings were first made of moons.
- FUN FACT: Saturn is one of the farthest planets that we can see with the naked eye.
- FUN FACT: Some scientists think that it rains diamonds on Jupiter and Saturn.
- FUN FACT: Did you know Saturn's rings a look huge, but they actually are thin.
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