When hearing of Saturn it is most likely to be known as the planet with the rings around it, which in fact is true. The first learning of Saturn’s rings was in 1610, by Galileo Galilei with his telescope and thought it was three stars held together. Saturn is also the second largest planet out of the whole Solar System, the first being Jupitar. Saturn’s diameter is 72,367.4 mi. It is one of the five planets able to be seen with the naked eye, and also the fifth brightest object in the Solar System. Although Saturn is one of our biggest planets it is the least dense out of them all, and is composed of gas, which means anything that lands on it will sink through. Saturn is the gas giant, which contains hydrogen, helium, ammonia, methane, and …show more content…
It has been acknowledged that material for Saturn’s E-ring, which is a diffuse ring outside the light, main rings, comes from the moon Enceladus, which is venting icy particles and gas into space as it orbits Saturn. Some scientists believe the rings of Saturn were made the exact time the planet was formed. This idea of being created so long ago has been pushed aside as scientists are starting to research the new idea of them being created 4.6 billion years ago instead. “Forming a massive ring system requires the disruption of a massive parent body, which is unlikely now, but might have occurred during the solar system’s early days, when there was more mass that had not yet been incorporated into planets. Massive rings would thus suggest “old” rings. Saturn’s rings will continue to reveal their secrets for years to come” (Dones). The rings of Saturn must be more complicated than some believe, because scientists have not concluded one proposition being true and one being ruled out yet. Which explains that the rings could or could not be recycled forming different types each time, but it has not been discovered …show more content…
If anyone does, this is why. Saturn was named after the Roman God of agriculture who was formally named Saturnus. According to Roman Gods Saturnus was said to carry a sickle in his left hand and a bundle of wheat in his right. Saturnus’ mother was Helen, father of Ceres (Jupiter and Veritas), and married to Ops. It is told to be a myth that Saturn introduced his roman civilians to agriculture by showing and teaching the romans how to farm the land on their own. Not only the Roman God of agriculture, but also the God of time, which would be why Saturn is the slowest when it orbits the Sun out of all planets in the Solar System.
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As I have described in The Lost Worlds of 2001, both projects proceeded simultaneously, with feedback in each direction. Thus I often had the strange experience of revising the manuscript after viewing rushes based upon an earlier version of the story - a stimulating but rather expensive way of writing a novel. As a result, there is a much closer parallel between book and movie than is usually the case, but there is also major differences. In the novel, the destination of the spaceship Discovery was Iapetus (or Japetus), most enigmatic of Saturn's many moons. The Saturnian system was reached via Jupiter: Discovery made a close approach to the giant planet, using its enormous gravitational field to produce a "slingshot" effect and to accelerate it along the second lap of its journey. Exactly the same maneuver was used by the Voyager space-probes in 1979, when they made the first detailed reconnaissance of the outer
Saturn is the sixth planet in the galaxy but is not in fact the only planet with rings. Saturn is also the second largest planet after jupiter. It is also known as a gas giant due to the fact that it is predominately made up of hydrogen and helium which are numbers 1 and 2 on the periodic table. It is also the only planet in the solar system that is less dense than water. Saturn is so big that it and Jupiter make up 92% of the planetary mass in our solar system according to Jonathan J.Nettelmann who wrote Space Science Reviews on May 10 2010 so it is pretty recent.
The majority of people have a very basic understanding of Earth, the planet we reside in, let alone the seven other planets in our solar system. The eight planets surrounding our star, the Sun, are separated into two very simple categories: Jovian and Terrestrial Planets. Throughout this paper, I will be explaining the basic structure and properties of the eight planets in our solar system, along with a brief history on the discovery of our solar system and what’s to come in the future. I will also go in depth into the difference between the Jovian Planets and the Terrestrial Planets, from the basic differences to the different structures and properties.
Ascension is a sci-fi show about a giant nuclear-powered spaceship built in the 1960s that’s been flying towards the new solar system for 50 years. How amazing is that?!
A English astronomer named William Herschel, had been using his 40-foot reflector telescope when he had made the discovery of Mimas on September 17, 1789. The name Mimas comes from the god (or Titan) Mimas in Greek mythology who was slain by one of the gods of Olympus in the war between the Olympians and the Titans. His son, John Herschel, suggested that the moons of Saturn be associated with Greek mythical brothers and sisters of Kronus, known to the Romans as Saturn. This tradition had begun with the publication of John Herschel's 1847 book.
The Orion Nebula contains one of the brightest star clusters in the night sky. With a magnitude of 4, this nebula is easily visible from the Northern Hemisphere during the winter months. It is surprising, therefore, that this region was not documented until 1610 by a French lawyer named Nicholas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc. On March 4, 1769, Charles Messier inducted the Orion Nebula, M42, into his list of stellar objects. Then, in 1771, Messier released his list of objects for its first publication in Memoires de l’Academie.1
Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930. Its greater distance means its orbital period of 248 years is the longest of all planets. The plane of Pluto's orbit is also tilted the most compared to the rest, taking it further north and south of the Earth's orbital plane than the other planets. Pluto's only know satellite, Charon, is the largest satellite compared to the size of its mother planet. The Earth's moon held that title until Charon was discovered in 1978. Charon's large mass relative to Pluto means that the center of their common orbit about each other lies outside Pluto's surface, another unique characteristic of this Planet. The four inner planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as terrestrial planets for their smaller size,
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest observed satellite in the galaxy, being second only to Ganymede yet larger than Mercury [1]. It is the only Satellite in the solar system to have a significant atmosphere that contains more than just traces of elements. It is of interest to astronomers to see how an atmosphere can be formed and how abundances of certain compounds can appear without biological activity. [2] Titan may be suitable for certain types of biology and is analogous to Earth in many ways.
It is very windy on my planet, with winds up to 600 miles per hour. We are located nearly ten times farther from the sun than Earth. Saturn is hard to stand on, considering there is no ground like Earth. Some believe that the moons and some of the rings might be younger than dinosaurs. We are very fortunate to be able to witness the moons and rings today.
Astronomy is a very important field in science. Ancient Greece, China, and India all contributed to our everyday ideas and uses of astronomy. Ancient Greece was the most influential because the Indian’s based most of their astronomy off of Greece. The Greeks created calendars that were based off of the eclipse cycle, which they called by two different names, Hellenic Calendars and Lunisolar Calendars. Because of Ancient Greece, we now have calendars to keep us on track every day. The Greeks observed a celestial object passing through the eastern and western morning sky. After a long time of observations, they came to a realization that it was a planet and now that is the planet is well known as Venus. (Sarton, 75) Plato and Aristotle’s theories were incredible contributions on us today. Both of their theories were all about the behavior and life of the planets, such as their theory that the earth is spherical. (Sarton, 421). Ancient Greece als...
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Saturn is the sixth planet away from the sun. 890,700,000 miles is how far the planet is from the sun. Titan is the largest of all Saturn’s moons. The second largest moon, after Ganymede, in our solar system is Titan. Saturn was called Cronus the god of agriculture, sky, and time. Cronus was actually a titan, but back then titans were worshipped the same way gods were. Cronus became the god of sky by overthrowing his father. He was the youngest titan and is also referred to as Cronos, Kronos, or Saturn. All Saturn’s moon is named after titans because Saturn was named after Cronus lord of the titans. The planet has 62 moons. Titan the largest out of 62 moons is bigger than mercury, the planet closest to the sun. Saturn can be seen through the naked eye of a human.
In 1610 an astronomer named Galileo discovered the gas giant, Jupiter, and its four largest moons, called the Galilean moons. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun and is covered in waaaaaaay below freezing, constantly moving clouds. The name Jupiter comes from the Roman’s god of gods- and rightly
Our knowledge gained of Titan has drastically improved since the early 1980s when Voyager flew past it. Titan is Saturn’s largest moon and the second largest moon of our solar system. It has a diameter estimated roughly 40% of Earth’s moon (Titan’s Radius: 2576, Moon’s Radius: 1737) and is 80% more massive (Titan’s Mass: 1.35 x 10^23 kg, Moon’s Mass: 7.35 x 10^22 kg. Titan has a atmospheric surface pressure 50% more than of Earth’s. In addition to that, Titan is the only moon to have a dense atmosphere. Titan’s atmosphere has been calculated to be 4.5 times more dense than of Earth’s atmosphere, which can been clearly noted by the layers of haze seen. The atmosphere in Titan is approximately 1.5km and is mainly composed of nitrogen. Titan has a very similar vertical atmospheric structure to earth, Titan has a troposphere temperature of ~94-~70K, a tropopause temperature of 70.4K and a stratosphere temperature of ~70-175K.
Saturn's sales are down, and market share needs to be increased. Also, the product line is too narrow. Current advertising is targeting the younger population, but the average age of a Saturn buyer is 43. Saturn's initial focus on employee relationships seems to be fading as demonstrated with the clash between GM designers in Europe and the U.S. on the L-Series car. In addition, overall styling of the vehicles needs to be addressed.