Sarah+Saturn

Saturn Facts Diameter:120,536km Distance from the Sun: 1.43 billion km One Orbit: 29.5 Earth years One Spin: 10.7 hours Number of Moons:60

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= Saturns Rings =

Saturn has the largest and the most spectacular ring system of all the giant planets. Seven seprate rings have been identified, each consisting of ringlets made from indivual pieces of dirty water-ice. The rings are distingushed by the letters D, C, B, A, F, G, and E with D the closest to Saturn and E the furthest away. From a distance, some rings seem to have gaps between them. But even the largest of these gaps, the Cassini Division, cotains rindlets of material.

Saturn is the second largest planet and the sixth from the Sun. It is surroned by a distictive system of rings and has 60 moons. This pale-yellow planet is made mainly of hydrogen and helium. It doesn't have a solid surface, but deep inside core of rock and ice.

I have chosen this planet for question 7. As you can see I have already put alot of infomation up the top. I have told you about the rings but now I will tell you about how similar and non similar Saturn is to Earth.

Saturn is made of hydrogen with small amounts of helium. The core however is made out of rock and ice, surrounded by a thick layer solid, metallic hydrogen and a gaseous outer layer. Saturn's rings are made up of tiny ice particles, small rocks and dust

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Earth has a core of solid and liquid iron, a mantle of ultramafic rock, a crust of complex mineral compounds, and an atmosphere of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases. Physical and chemical reactions on the Earth include the compound water in all three of its physical phases. Satun also has rings, I have aready told you about up the top. Earth doesn't have rings but most of Earth is compoesed with water. Some people think that Earth should really be called Water. Saturn is cold not like Earth that has different kind of weather during the year, and thats why we have seasons. Saturn has seasons the same as Earth.

My Opinion : I think that in some ways Saturn is different to Earth but in not much way. Because Saturn has rings but Earth doestn't and both planets have seasons but they are not set out in the same way.

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