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Exploring Saturn's Cultural and Astronomical Significance

agriculture and harvest in 600 BCE. Saturnalia is the name of a very important festival for Saturn that was celebrated during the winter season. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year. San Emilio was a festival of equality. Dormant slaves were seen as equal to their masters, bright clothing was worn, and gifts were given. were exchanged. Now you might think Saturn and Leo sound similar, kind of similar to Christmas. That's because it eventually evolved to be Christmas. Saturn was first seen through a telescope in 1610 by Galileo. But he thought the rings were actually moons. Later in 1659, someone named Christian Hudems proved that what Galileo thought were moons were actually rings. And Hudems also discovered Titan. Saturn has five main moons. Titan, Enceladus, Virgo, Dione and Agathys. Titan is the most well known of the five. And it is Saturn's biggest moon. and the second biggest moon in the entire solar system. Uh, and Saurus has a chance to have life, but Titan also has a chance to have life. Rhea is the second largest moon. Dione is in resonance with Enceladus. Resonance is when two objects consistently affect each other gravitationally. And Iapetus has a light and dark side. Titan Enceladus Rita Dione I have this. Simon has seven rings. Names of the rings in order of distance are D, C, B, A, F, G, and E. However, rings A, B, and C are the ones that are usually seen in pictures and videos. A, B, and C, right there. The Cassini Divide is the gap between the A and B range. Oh, it's the Cassini Division. Only four spacecraft have gone to Saturn. Voyager 1 and 2, Pioneer 11, and Cassini. Voyager 1 is the furthest man-made object from Earth. However, Voyager 2 was launched before Voyager 1. Pioneer 11 was the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn. And Cassini stayed in orbit for 13 whole years before crashing into, before going into Saturn. And it obtained a lot of useful information. Thanks for listening. Applause I'm going to put this back in. Pass this around. Do we have any questions for all of them? I'm sorry. What is a red tomato? They are made of dust and ice. Kerry. What's your favorite part about Saturn? The hexagon. Austin. How was Saturn made up? Was it something that gradually was made up over time or was it created like the other planets? Big Bang. Well, it was... What was the last part of that question? What's it made of? It's made of hydrogen and helium. Sebastian. So what's the name of the... I have two things. First, what's the name of the Saturn holiday that they did again? What? What's the name of the Saturn festival holiday they think they did again? Saturnalia. Why don't they... alright, second thing, why don't they just do that every day? Because it's a self-region of God. Why would they make it so that people only, like, they're like, oh yeah, there's this one day where you can treat everybody equally. Because they didn't want to treat each other equally. Let's follow it. Jack? What? I believe they do not spin. They might a little bit, but they probably don't. Riley? Do you know how much gravity a Saturn has compared to Earth? I should have researched that. It's okay. I didn't know. I should have researched that, but I didn't. Alright, so it's like 10 and a half meters per second. A bit more than earth. Does anybody have any more questions? Alright, well I have a couple. You said that it was made of gas, correct? Yes. Do you know what gases it's made of? Hydrogen and helium. And then my second question... You said that Saturn is like big in mythology, right? Yes. So can you give me a couple reasons why you think that all the planets, because there's a few of them, why did they take this one? Uh... Probably because it's the, because Saturn was the god of agriculture and harvest, and that was very important back then. Let's give it up for Owin. Alright, next up, Austin.