Сатурн (Saturn)

Saturn - the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the solar system, after Jupiter. Saturn, along with Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, the Greek counterpart Cronus (the Titan father of Zeus) and the Babylonian Ninurta. Saturn's symbol - sickle (Unicode: ♄).

Saturn consists mainly of hydrogen, helium and impurities with traces of water, methane, ammonia and "rock." The inner area is a small core of rock and ice covered with a thin layer of metallic hydrogen and a gaseous outer layer. Outside the planet's atmosphere seems calm and serene, although occasionally appear on it some long-lasting features. Wind speed on Saturn can reach places 1800 km / h, which is much more than, for example, on Jupiter. Saturn has a planetary magnetic field, occupying an intermediate power between the Earth's magnetic field and a strong field of Jupiter. Saturn's magnetic field extends over 1 million kilometers in the direction of the sun. The shock wave was recorded by Voyager 1 at a distance of 26.2 radius of the planet Saturn, the magnetopause is located at a distance of 22.9 radius.

Saturn has a prominent ring system, consisting mainly of particles of ice, less rocks and dust. Around the world turns 62 currently known satellites. Titan - the largest of them, as well as the second largest moon in the Solar System (after Jupiter's moon, Ganymede) that surpasses in size the planet Mercury, and has a unique among the many moons of the solar system a dense atmosphere.

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