Learning about

Saturn and
Pluto
By: Kelly, Meiying, and Zully

Enjoy! (and learn)

Learn about

Time to
learn
Saturn!
about
SATURN!

This...is Saturn

What does its name mean?

God of agriculture

Where is it located?
Sixth from sun
1.433 billion Km is the planets orbit from
the sun

How does the planet orbit?

Elliptical shape, the usual
10.656 hours for rotation

How big is saturn?

58,232 km (radius)
Biggest planet after Jupiter

Saturns mass?
568,300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg

The force of gravity in Saturn

107 % more on Saturn than on earth
If one weighed 100 pounds on earth, on
Saturn they would weigh 107 pounds

Composition and atmosphere !

Mostly made up of hydrogen and helium
In smaller regions, one can also find
methane and ammonia

Whats the temperature on Saturn?

288 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 178
degrees Celsius)
Saturn is a pretty cold planet.

Minerals on Saturn?
Stars and bits of planets are on Saturns
rings

What are the layers on Saturn?

Liquid layers, not water

Hydrogen Layer
Liquid metallic hydrogen layer
Deepest part is the core

What does saturn look like?

Second biggest planet
Beige and orange colors on surface
Rings made of minerals around

The rings of Saturn

Surround Saturn
Look like rings, but are actually minerals
Discovered in 1610 by Christiaan Huygens

The moons of Saturn

Christiaan Huygens discovered the first
known moon of Saturn.
The year was 1655 and the moon was
Titan.

More moons of Saturn...

Giovanni Domenico Cassini made the next four
discoveries: Iapetus (1671)

Also discovered by Giovanni

Rhea (1672)

Dione (1684)

Tethys (1684).

Discovered by William Herschel ...

1789
Mimas

Enceladus

Could Saturn support life?

Cant support any kind of life form
Has an average temperature of -288
degrees Fahrenheit and is composed only
of gases with no solid surface

Has a spacecraft landed on

Saturn?
1979 Pioneer 11 observed Saturn up close

Voyager 1 flew by in 1980 and Voyager 2 in 1981.

Voyager 1

Voyager 2

On July 2004...
July 2004, the Cassini spacecraft reached
Saturn.

When was Saturn discovered?

Discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei

Did you know?

You dont need a gigantic super tech telescope to see
saturn. Its size is an advantage for us, because we can
see it with the naked eye.
Saturn from our
point of view

Now,
time for
PLUTO!!

This...is Pluto

How does pluto look like?

Pluto is a really small sphere.
Color brown, light brown, a little bit black

How big is Pluto, its mass, and

force of gravity ?

Pluto is the smallest planet

Radius of 1,185 kilometers
Mass of 13,050,000,000,000 kilometers
Force of 0.658 m/s2

What does Pluto mean?

Pluto means wealth
Pluto is also the roman name for god of
the Underworld, Hades

Where is Pluto located and how far

is it

from the sun?

Located farthest from the sun
Next to Neptune
Is 5.9 billion kilometers far from the sun

How is Plutos orbit unusual?

It takes 248 years to orbit around the sun
It takes about 6.4 Earth days for Pluto to
spin around its axis.

What is Plutos composition and

temperature?
Of absorptions of carbon monoxide,
nitrogen ices, and methane ice
-229 degrees celsius

What minerals are found on Pluto

s crust?
Plutos minerals are unknown.
You can find ices.

Layers of Pluto

Moons of Pluto

Charon
Nix
Hydra
Kerberos
Styx

Has anyone visited Pluto?

No

When was Pluto discovered?

Clyde Tombaugh
Discovered in February 18, 1930

Fun Facts
Pluto is a dwarf planet.
Plutos sun rises once a week.
Pluto is 4.6 billion years old

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