Saturn – One Trillion Rings – Oddest Mysteries of the Ringed Planet

Saturn – One Trillion Rings

Like Jupiter, Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Its volume is 755 times greater than that of Earth. Winds in the upper atmosphere reach 1,600 feet (500 meters) per second in the equatorial region. (In contrast, the strongest hurricane-force winds on Earth top out at about 360 feet, or 110 meters, per second.) These superfast winds, combined with heat rising from within the planet’s interior, cause the yellow and gold bands visible in the atmosphere.

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