In Depth | Saturn – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBAs a gas giant, Saturn doesn’t have a true surface. The planet is mostly swirling gases and liquids deeper down. While a spacecraft would have nowhere to land on Saturn, it wouldn’t be able to fly through unscathed either.
What is the Surface of Saturn Like? - Universe Today
WEBJan 23, 2009 · Saturn is a ball made up almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. The density and temperature changes the deeper into the planet you go, but Saturn can’t be said to have a solid surface.
Saturn - Wikipedia
WEBSaturn's interior is thought to be composed of a rocky core, surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, an intermediate layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium, and an outer layer of gas. Saturn has a pale yellow hue, due to …
Saturn - NASA Science
WEBSaturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium. The farthest planet from Earth discovered by the unaided human eye, Saturn has been known since ancient times. The planet is named for the Roman god of agriculture and wealth, who was also the father of …
Saturn Facts - Science@NASA
WEBAs a gas giant, Saturn doesn’t have a true surface. The planet is mostly swirling gases and liquids deeper down. While a spacecraft would have nowhere to land on Saturn, it wouldn’t be able to fly through unscathed either.
Solar System Exploration: Saturn - NASA
WEBApr 18, 2023 · This site has facts, figures, images and links about the planet Saturn. Go to Website
Surface of Saturn - Planet Facts
WEBSaturn’s atmosphere has three layers of gas and these layers are determined by their temperature. The tropopause is the outer visible layer which is mostly composed of ammonia clouds. Closer to the planets’ surface is the cloud layer made up of ammonium hydro-sulfide clouds.
Saturn Facts | Surface, Atmosphere, Moons, History & Definition
WEBDec 6, 2019 · The surface area is about 83 times bigger than our planet, and the mass of Saturn is about 95 times greater. Though the volume of Saturn is about 764 times that of Earth, it is the least dense planet in the solar system.
Saturn Fact Sheet - NSSDCA
WEBJan 11, 2024 · Saturnian Magnetosphere. Saturn's magnetic field has significant quadrapole and octapole moments, making approximation of the central field as an offset dipole difficult. Rs denotes Saturnian model radius, defined here to be 60,330 km.
Saturn | Science – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBSep 3, 2024 · Saturn is nearly 10 times farther from the sun than Earth and takes far longer to orbit the sun – about 29 Earth years. Saturn’s axis of rotation is tilted like Earth’s, and so it too has seasons, but the longer year produces seasons that last more than seven Earth years each.
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