Saturn has been known to people for thousands of years. The Romans named the planet after one of their gods that was in charge of time.
The discovery of Galileo called Saturn
Saturn has been visible as long as mankind can remember, so it does not have a discovery date.
Saturn is visible to the naked eye. It has been known by many cultures for thousands of years. No single person can be credited with its discovery.
Christiaan Huygens published on his discovery of the ring of Saturn in 1655. So he did his actual studies by telescope probably in 1653/1654.
1610- Galileo Galilei was the 1st known person to observe Saturn's rings. 1655- Christiaan Huygens was the 1st known person to see the distinctive disk around the Planet Saturn.
Saturn is plainly visible to the naked eye. Anyone who looks up at the night sky at the right time can see it. So there is no definite discovery date.
Saturn has 82 moons. Fifty-three moons are confirmed and named and another 29 moons are awaiting confirmation of discovery and official naming.
W. Bond, G. Bond, W. Lassell are collectively credited with the discovery, in 1848, of Saturn's moon, Hyperion.
Two space probes have been sent to Saturn: Pioneer 11 in 1979 and the Cassini-Huygens mission in 1997. Cassini-Huygens provided extensive data on Saturn and its moons, including the discovery of liquid methane lakes on Titan and the geysers on Enceladus.
The planet Saturn has been known from ancient times, and it is very hard to say who discovered it. It was named Saturn by the Romans, after their god Saturnus, the god of agriculture. The Greeks called the same planet Cronus, and to this day it retains that name in Greek (Κρόνος). Writings also document that the Babylonians, Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Hebrews, Turks, and several other nations observed Saturn. Saturn is often associated with the Italian physicist Galileo, who discovered its rings in 1610.
Saturn is visible in the sky to the unaided human eye and has thus been known from ancient times. This means no one person can be credited with its discovery.
Yes, a human would freeze on Saturn due to its extremely low temperatures, which can drop to around -290 degrees Fahrenheit (-179 degrees Celsius). Without protection and proper equipment, a human would not survive in such cold conditions.