Saturn is a giant planet with a diameter of over 58,000 km. It has a hydrogen and helium atmosphere and a core made of metallic hydrogen. Saturn has over 60 moons, the largest being Titan which has a thick nitrogen atmosphere and landscapes resembling those found in Tolkien's books, with rivers and lakes of methane. Another notable moon is Mimas, which resembles the Death Star from Star Wars and shakes internally in a mysterious way.

1. Saturn
Another
Windswept
Giant

2. Nominated for Best Picture

3. Stats:
• Sidereal Day: approximately 10.7 hours
• Sidereal Year: 29.5 earth years
• Mass: 5.68 E 26 kg
• Radius: 58,232 km

4. Atmosphere Made of
Hydrogen
and
Helium
The actual planet is mostly
Hydrogen gas. The core
is metallic Hydrogen.

5. Inclination
26.70

6. Magnetic Field
This is how the auroras would look
to the human eye.
The color difference occurs because
Earth's auroras are dominated by
excited nitrogen and oxygen atoms
and molecules, and Saturn's auroras
are dominated by excited forms of
hydrogen. Within each element,
colors can differ because of
atmospheric density, the levels of
the atomic version of an element
versus the molecular version, and
the energy of impacting electrons.
Has a magnetic field and radiation belts

7. Rings: Fun Facts
1. Span about ¾ distance
between earth and moon.
2. Made of pieces of
asteroids and comets
broken up.
3. Each ring orbits at a different speed
around the planet.
4. The rings are named with letters of
the alphabet.
5. Cassini is still collecting data.

8. Moons
• Approximately 62 moons. Most
interesting are Titan
• and Mimas

9. Saturn family
portrait

10. Titan (pictured with Tethys)
Titan: Largest moon
Sidereal year:
16 Earth years

11. Titan
• Atmosphere made of Nitrogen, thicker
• than Earth’s
• Mountains are named for the mountains
• in J.R.Tolkien books.
• Has rivers, lakes, and streams, but they
• are made of methane.
• Space Probe Huygens landed in 2005:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ffV-
CI3Mo

12. More Titan Websites
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTr
OFefYxFg

13. Mimas: The Deathstar
• Innermost moon
•
• Sideral Year:
• .9 Earth days
• Mimas shakes as if
• something is inside

14. Mimas videos
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk
UIXBb7Lgs&list=PL7WNjWiQZxptcsO9
yGbLAC5pQ5ed4j-Q1&index=14