Saturn+Facts+and+Info


 * [[image:http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/assets/science/moons/images/main_flash_image.jpg width="686" height="380" caption="Saturn's Moons"]] ||
 * **Saturn's Facts**

Time of Rotation: 10 1/2 hours long

Time of Revolution: About 20 years to complete a full ellipse around the sun

Age: About the same age as the sun;4.5 billion years

Moons: 61 moons discovered, 53 officially named

Rings: Observed by Galileo in 1610.saturun has 7 groups of rings, 4 main groups,3 fainter groups

Atmosphere: Made more of sulfur, clouds are in lower region of the atmosphere. Smog is found in the higher regions of the atmosphere. The winds on saturun are extremely strong and powerful. Also made of Hydrogen and Helium

Geology: The rings and planet are made of... Planet - Gas. Saturn is a gas planet, it has no surface. Rings - Ice, dust, and rock.

Gravity: 2.5 times the gravity of earth

Distance from the Sun: 1,429,000,000 km

Diameter: 120,500 km

Density: 0.687 g

Age of Rings: May be 100 million years old

Mass: 5.69 x 10 exp 26 kg

Temperature: –178°C

Distance from Earth: 1190.4million km || ||   ||  || The dozens of icy moons orbiting Saturn vary drastically in shape, size, surface age and origin. Some of these worlds have hard, rough surfaces, while others are porous bodies coated in a fine blanket of icy particles. All have greater or smaller numbers of craters, and many have ridges and valleys. Some, like Dione and Tethys, show evidence of tectonic activity, where forces from within ripped apart their surfaces. Many, like Rhea and Tethys, appear to have formed billions of years ago, while others, like Janus and Epimetheus, could have originally been part of larger bodies that broke up. The study and comparison of these moons tells us a great deal about the history of the Saturn System and of the solar system at large. To date, 53 moons have been officially named. In alphabetic order, they are: [|Aegaeon], [|Aegir], [|Albiorix], [|Anthe], [|Atlas], [|Bebhionn], [|Bergelmir], [|Bestla], [|Calypso], [|Daphnis], [|Dione], [|Enceladus], [|Epimetheus], [|Erriapus], [|Farbauti], [|Fenrir], [|Fornjot], [|Greip], [|Hati], [|Helene], [|Hyperion], [|Hyrokkin], [|Iapetus], [|Ijiraq], [|Janus], [|Jarnsaxa], [|Kari], [|Kiviuq], [|Loge], [|Methone], [|Mimas], [|Mundilfari], [|Narvi], [|Paaliaq], [|Pallene], [|Pan], [|Pandora], [|Phoebe], [|Polydeuces], [|Prometheus], [|Rhea], [|Siarnaq], [|Skadi], [|Skoll], [|Surtur], [|Suttung], [|Tarqeq], [|Tarvos], [|Telesto], [|Tethys], [|Thrym], [|Titan] and [|Ymir]. || "]]
 * [|Saturn's Moons]
 * [|Saturn's Moons]