INSIDE SATURN

ATMOSPHERE AND PLANETARY COMPOSITION

Saturn contains % 97 Hydrogen, about 0.05% methane and %3 Hydrogen gas and amonia, there are strong winds blow with speed of 1.100 mph (500 meters per second) towards east direction near by equator and there are cold, thick and identical shape clouds in its atmosphere.

Saturn has rocky core and a layer of liquid metalic hydrogen above it and a layer of molecular hydrogen is next layer, the core is. Hot and heavy and a radius about hree times more than Earth’s radius.

The magnetic field of Saturn is strong but less than Jupiter’s and may generated by electrical current in layers close to its fast orbiting core. Due to this strong magnetic field there are a lot of auroras and radio emissions in Saturn.

The energy which Saturn radiates is 79% more than what it takes from the Sun and is heat from the core.

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