Discovering Saturn
History of Saturn
Temperature
Differences of Saturn and other planets
Vocabulary
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Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. It is the second largest of all planets, after Jupiter.
What is Saturn?
100
The Renassiance
What part of history was Saturn was discovered in?
100
It was hot
Was Saturn hot or cold?
100
They both follow slightly elliptical paths. Sometimes the two planets are on the same side of the sun.
What is the similarity of Saturn and Earth?
100
Titan
What is Saturn's largest moon?
200
A gas giant
What Saturn as gas giant or a rocky planet
200
Christiaan Huygens
Who was the astronomer who discovered Saturn?
200
The sun's surface
What's hotter than to Saturn?
200
Jupiter was the largest planet and Saturn was a little larger than Jupiter
What is difference between Saturn and Jupiter?
200
Rocks, Ice, and Debris
What Saturn's rings made of?
300
They both have a year so long, the seasons are very long.
What is another similarity of Saturn and Earth?
300
Galileo Galilei
Who is the Renaissance astronomer who built the telescope to examine Saturn?
300
Huge thunderstorms occur during summers.
What storm cause Saturn?
300
Saturn is more than nine times as wide as Earth. It would take 760 Earths to fill the space occupied by Saturn.
What is the different size between Earth and Saturn?
300
The closest point to the sun
What is Perihelion?
400
Greek and Roman mythology
What were the civilizations which were naming the Saturn's moons?
400
378 days
How many days does Saturn rotates around the Solar System?
400
The temperature at the top of Saturn’s clouds can be as low as – 280 degrees Fahrenheit (-173 degrees Celsius)
What is the temperature of the Saturn's clouds?
400
The Saturn's lights are called Auroras. They are much like the northern lights here on Earth. As on Earth, these lights are more visible at the north and south poles.
What is similarity of their northern lights?
400
The farthest distance to the sun
What is Aphelion?
500
62 moons
How many moons do Saturn have?
500
The voyager spacecraft measured winds blowing at more than 1,100 mile (1,700 km) per hour.
What was the voyager which can study high winds of Saturn?
500
It reaches up to 21,000 degrees (11,700 Celsius).
What is the Temperature of Saturn's surface?
500
Saturn is a much larger planet than Earth. However, its gravity is only a little stronger than Earth’s gravity. If your weight on Earth is 100 pounds (45 kilograms), you weigh 107 pounds on Saturn. This would feel the same as about 49 kilograms on Earth.
What's the difference about Earth and Saturn's gravity?
500
Ganymede
What is the name of Jupiter's moon named before Titan?