Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Earth versus Saturn

Comparison between Earth and Saturn.


There are many differences between Earth and Saturn. Firstly, Earth is the third planet from the Sun whereas Saturn is the sixth planet. Secondly, Saturn is much bigger than Earth. Saturn’s equatorial diameter is 120,536 km, which is about 9.5 times bigger than that of Earth.


Moreover,Saturn’s surface area is 83 times that of Earth. When comparing Earth and Saturn, the former is the densest planet of the two. Furthermore, Earth is the only place in the Solar system where life is seen. Earth is also the only planet that has liquid water in it. Amazingly, Earth has only one moon whereas Saturn has more moons. Next, unlike earth, Saturn has beautiful rings round it. When it comes to fast rotation Saturn won it all as, Saturn takes about 30 long years to go round the Sun once. In rotation, Earth takes more time. While earth takes 24 hours, Saturn takes about 10 Hours and 32 minutes to make one rotation.

No comments:

Post a Comment