Saturn

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Saturn is a particular planet. For scientists it is considered one of the most interesting planets to know of the entire solar system. It has a much lower density than water and is composed entirely of hydrogen, with a little helium and methane.


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It belongs to the category of gas giants and has a very peculiar color that makes it stand out among the others. It is something yellowish and within it are combined small bands of other colors. Many confuse it with Jupiter but are not related at all to each other. They are clearly differentiated by the ring. Scientists presume that their rings are made of water, but solid like icebergs, mountains of ice or some snowballs combined with some kind of chemical powder in particular.

As early as 1610 the wind surrounding the planet Saturn was discovered thanks to Galileo and the telescope. In that discovery it was known that the winds that blow around it do it at incalculable speeds of how fast they are. The most important thing about all this, and shocking for those who know it, is that it only takes place at the equator of the planet.

Unlike other planets in the solar system, Saturn's density is lower than that of our planet's water. The structure is composed entirely of hydrogen. In the center of the planet you can verify the existence of several fundamental elements of it. These are heavy elements that make up solid structures contained in the planet as it does that a small group of rocks is grouped together or rocks are formed grouped in it. These rocks can reach temperatures of about 15,000 degrees.


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Together with Jupiter is considered not only the two largest planets of the solar system, but the hottest.

As for its atmosphere, it is composed of hydrogen. There are other elements of which it is composed and it is necessary to know as much as possible all the possible elements to know the characteristics that the planet may have in its entirety.

The rest of the elements have small doses. They are methane and ammonia. There are also other different quantities of gases that intervene together with the main elements such as ethanol, acetylene and phosphine. These are the only gases that have been studied by physicists although it is known that it is not the only composition.

Saturn's rings extend in the equatorial plane of the planet from 6630 km to 120 700 km above Saturn's equator and are composed of particles with abundant ice water. The size of each of the particles varies from microscopic dust particles to rocks a few metres in size. The high albedo of the rings shows that they are relatively modern in the history of the solar system.