08 Bright Sparks

Introduction:
Saturn got its name from the ancient Greeks, when they saw it they named it Saturn.

Location:
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. Saturn is much further away from the sun than Earth. Its average distance from the sun is 1427 million km.

Size:
Saturn is the second largest planet within our solar system. Saturn is 12000km in diameter and almost ten times the size of Earth.

Density & Atmosphere:
Saturn is made up of the elements hydrogen and helium and ice chunks.

Temperature:
Saturn’s temperature ranges between 185- 290 degree Celsius.

Time:
Each day on Saturn takes 10.2 Earth hours. A year on Saturn takes 29.46 Earth years.

Moons:
Saturn has dozens of moons. Saturn has 18 named moons which
are called Atlas, Pan, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Mimas, Encoladus, Tethys, Telesco, Lysapa, Dione, Helene, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion, Lapteus and Phobe.

Interesting facts:
Saturn has 1000 rings.

By Moutairi, Robert & Mutu

Introduction
Jupiter was named after a Roman god.
Location
Jupiter is the fifth planet from Sun. Jupiter is located between Mars and Saturn.
Size
Jupiter is the largest planet within our solar system.
Density and Atmosphere
Jupiter is a gas planet. It is a giant cloud made up of mostly hydrogen and helium.
Temperature
Jupiter has a lot of storms in its atmosphere. It is a gas planet so people can’t walk on it.
Time
Jupiter takes nearly 12 Earth years to orbit the Sun.
Moons
Jupiter has 63 moons such as Europa, Gailieo and Thebe.

By Danny