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Saturn
is the sixth planet from the Sun and
is the second largest in the solar system.
The
atmosphere is primarily composed of
75% hydrogen and 25% helium with traces
of water and methane like Jupiter.
Saturn's atmosphere has winds which
can blow at over 1800 kilometers per
hour!
Saturn's ring
system makes the planet one of the most
beautiful objects in the solar system.
The rings are about 400,000 kilometers
(240,000 miles) wide. That's the distance
from the Earth to the Moon! But the
rings are as little as 100 meters (330
feet) thick. They range from particles
too tiny to see to "particles"
the size of a bus. Scientists think
they are icy snowballs or ice covered
rocks.
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60 bright and dark ringlets show
up in this color enhanced image
from Voyager 2 data ( spacecraft
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(NASA)
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