SATURN, THE JEWEL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

 Saturn is the second-largest planet in the solar system.  The planet has a gold color and a beautiful ring around it. It has golden clouds of ammonia crystals. This planet with these features appears as the jewel of the solar system.

  Saturn: the lightest planet in the solar system

Saturn is another gas giant after Jupiter. Saturn is the second-largest planet in the solar system. 9 piles of earth can fix into Saturn's equator. It is the lightest planet. Its density is lower than water. It is the lightest planet in the solar system. 

 Saturn, the gas giant has a density even less than water, so this planet will float on water. The only planet that will float on water. 

This gaseous giant has only a solid core, the rest of it is composed of gas only. These gases mainly are hydrogen and helium. 

A large number of satellites

The gas giant is a solar system in itself, that is this planet has a large number of satellites. That may be even more than Jupiter. It has 50 confirmed moon. Titan the largest moon of Saturn is as big as Canada. It has a cloud system and atmosphere. It has oceans under its atmosphere. But it has a high concentration of methane and no oxygen

 Enceladus is the brightest satellite of Saturn. it reflects 100% of the light it receives. The temperature at this moon is -201ºC and its  surface is smooth due to the icy surface

Saturn revolves slowly around the sun, it takes 29 years for Saturn to complete its revolution. However, Saturn rotates very fast it rotates on its axis, and it takes on  10.7 hours to complete its rotation. Saturn is tilted 27. 9 minutes on its axis.

 

The gas giant has large Storms going on it and these terms are about 18000 square km in their diameter. The maximum speed of this storm can be 400 km/h. Saturn cannot support life as it does not have a solid crust. Its atmosphere is very hot gases that are too windy to survive.

 

Beautiful rings of Saturn

 It has beautiful rings around it. These are thin rings that are made of Rocks, dust, and ice flakes. These rings are colorful. These can be only seen through the telescope.

Rings around Saturn are numerous these are separated from each other by gaps these are mainly composed of ice flakes, rocks, and small particles that are equal to their size in the dust. The rings are divided into 7 groups. The rocks' size can be as large as mountains and small as dust particles.

The ring system of Saturn is the most complicated system among the planets. These rings are 4 and half times the earth and 0.66 miles in width. Small moons revolving around Saturn keep the rings in shape. These tiny moons are called shepherd moons.

It has no true surface. Golden clouds and storms. The largest storm on the north pole. It is twice the size of the earth. This storm has a hexagonal shape due to jet streams. Its clouds contain ammonia, H2, and He.