Saturn
Facts | Interesting and Fun facts About Saturn
Distance
from Sun:
1.434 billion km
Orbital
period:
29 years
Surface
area:
42.7 billion km²
Mass:
5.683 × 10^26 kg
Radius:
58,232 km
Length of
day:
0d 10h 42m
1. Saturn
is 95 times more massive than Earth.
2. It only has one-eighth the average density of Earth.
3. It is the second-largest planet in the Solar System,
after Jupiter.
4. Saturn
is a Gas Giant.
5. Wind speeds on Saturn can reach 1,800 km/h higher than Jupiter.
6. Saturn
got it's pale yellow color because of
ammonia crystals in its upper atmosphere.
7. The planet's
ring system is made of ice particles, rocky debris and dust.
8. Saturn
has atleast 83 Moons. 53 moons are officially named.
9. Titan is Saturn's largest moon and Second largest moon in solar system. It's bigger
than Mercury.
10. Saturn
have hundreds of Moonlets in its Ring.
But they doesn't count in 83 moons list.
11. Just like Jupiter, Saturn core is surrounded by Metallic Hydrogen. That makes planet's magnetic field Powerful.
12. Saturn
is named after the Roman god of wealth and agriculture and father
of Jupiter.
13. Saturn
is the only planet of the Solar
System that is less dense than water—about 30% less.
14. Jupiter and Saturn hold 92% of the total planetary mass in the Solar System.
15. Saturn’s
rings sometimes disappear.
16. When the seasons
change, the planet changes its color.
17. One year on this planet equals to 30 years on Earth.
18. On Saturn,
there are seasons (as well as on the planet Earth).
19. A “season” on Saturn lasts more than 7 years.
20. The scientists first discovered the rings of Saturn in 1610.
21. It is still unknown how long a day lasts on this planet. However, many
scientists assume that it is just over 10 hours.
22. In order to get from Saturn to the Sun
you have to travel only 1430
million km.
23. if you put Saturn
down in water, it can
float in it, because of Low density.
24. you can see the northern lights on Saturn.
25. The total width of the rings
is 137,000,000 kilometers.
26. Saturn
is recognized as the most beautiful
planet of the Solar System.
Because of its rings.
27. The surface temperature
of the planet is – 173 ℃ but it reaches 11,700 ℃
in the planet’s core.
28. According to the Scientist Saturn’s rings were formed as a result of the destruction of moons.
29. The yellow
and gold stripes that
you see on the planet
is be used of the constant winds.
30. You can only see the moon Iapetus, when it is on a certain side of the
planet.
31. Approximately 750 Earths could fit inside of Saturn.
32. Nearly 1,600 Saturns could fit inside the Sun.
33. A year on Earth
is 365.256 days. A year on Saturn
is 10,759 days.
34. A day on Saturn
is 10 hours 39 minutes.
35. Storms on Saturn can last for
months or even years.
36. 2004 storm on Saturn, named the “Dragon Storm,” created mega-lightning that was 1000
times more powerful
than earth's.
37. It is the flattest (oblate) planet in the solar system.
38. Saturn
rotates faster than any other planet except for Jupiter.
39. Saturn’s
nickname is “the jewel of the solar system.
40. Saturn's
pressure is so powerful that it squeezes gas
into liquid.
41. The atmospheric pressure on
Saturn is over 100 times greater than the Earth’s.
42. Saturn
Rings thickness is less than the length of a football
field.
43. Sun
would appear 10 times smaller viewed from Saturn than it does from Earth.
44. Saturn
has seven main rings.
45. Saturn’s
nearest moon takes 12 hours to circle the planet.
Its farthest moon takes more than three Earth years.
46. Saturn
has only been visited four times by spacecraft.
47. Light approximately takes
1.418 hours or 85.08 minutes to reach Saturn.
48. Saturn
is twice as far away from the Sun as Jupiter is.
49. Saturn
is the 3rd brightest planet in night sky.
50. Saturn
also orbits the Sun at a speed of 9.68 km
per second.
51. Galileo mistakenly thought that Saturn’s rings were a pair
of moons.
52. Saturn
also experience diamond rain.
53. 100 million years, Saturn will have lost some, if not all of it’s rings.