Aug 17, 2012

The Saturn - Planet of solar system

In my previous post I written about the Neptune, now I'm getting ready to write about the Saturn which is a planet of solar system. In my post you will get more info about the Saturn including diameter, moon, distance from sun etc.

The Saturn was discovered by Galileo:
Diameter
1,19,296 Kilometer
Moons
20 or more
Avg. Distance to Sun
1,417.6 million KM
Time to Orbit the Sun
29.5 Years
Mean Distance from the sun(million km)
1,427
Equatorial Diameter(km)
1,14,239
Period of revolution round the Sun or Sideral rotation
39 Years
Period of rotation on own Axis or Axis Rotation
10hr and 14 min
No. of Satellites
22
Mass: Time of Earth
95.2
Mean Temp, of Surface
-1800C
Other Details
Least dense
Qns: Which is the outermost ring of Saturn?
Ans: Ering

Qns: Who is the Saturn in mythology?
Ans: god of Agriculture

Qns: Which spacecraft first visited Saturn?
Ans: Pioneer 11

Qns: How is the gap between A and B rings of Saturn is known?
Ans: Cassini Division

Qns: What is the number of rings of Saturn?
Ans: Seven

Qns: Eho discovered Titan?
Ans: Christiaan Huygens

Qns: Who first observed Saturn with a telescope?
Ans: Galileo Galilei

Qns: Which is the largest satellite of Saturn?
Ans: Titan

Qns: What Saturns surface like?
Ans: Atmosphere

Qns: How many moons does Saturn have?
Ans: 48

Qns: Who, in 1655, first observed the rings of Saturn as rings?
Ans: Huygens

Qns: How close does Saturn come to the sun?
Ans: 1.35 billion kilometers

Qns: When was Saturn’s last moon, Pan, found?
Ans: 1990

Qns: How thick are Saturn’s rings?
Ans: 1.5 kilometers

Qns: Saturn was the first planet known to have -
Ans: Rings

Qns: Saturn’s density is – that of water.
Ans: 69

Qns: Saturn’s mass is – tines that of the Earth.
Ans: 95

Qns: Saturn takes about – Earth years to make one revolution around the Sun.
Ans: 29

Qns: Saturn’s atmosphere is mostly
Ans: Hydrogen and Helium

Qns: How thick are Saturn’s rings?
Ans: 1 km

Qns: The diameter of Saturn is – kilometers.
Ans: 120,000

Qns: Titan’s atmosphere consists mainly of -
Ans: Nitrogen

Qns: Saturn is the – largest planet in the Solar System.
Ans: 2nd

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