{"id":15133,"date":"2022-05-31T17:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/?p=15133"},"modified":"2022-06-01T12:13:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T09:13:50","slug":"the-lord-of-the-rings-saturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/the-lord-of-the-rings-saturn\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lord of the rings – Saturn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturn<\/strong> is the sixth planet from the sun and the second–<\/a>largest planet in the solar system. It is a gas giant with dozens of moons orbiting him. The planet’s most outstanding feature \u2014the rings \u2014 can be viewed through a telescope. Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune \u2014 \u00a0also have rings, but Saturn’s are really consistent and thick.<\/p>\n

General characteristics<\/h2>\n
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The planet is made mostly of hydrogen <\/strong>and helium<\/strong>. Its core consists of metals like iron and nickel surrounded by rocky material and other compounds solidified by intense pressure and heat. Saturn is the only planet in our solar system with an average density that is less than water. The pale yellow color that we can see through photos, is due to ammonia crystals in its upper atmosphere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Saturn’s rings are mostly structured by ice particles, some rocky debris, and dust. 83 moon<\/strong>s are known to orbit Saturn and this number doesn’t refer to the hundreds of moonlets in its rings. His larger moon is Titan, which is also the second-largest in the Solar System.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credits: NASA\/JPL<\/p><\/div>\n

The Rings of Saturn<\/h2>\n

Small sized comets, asteroids, or shattered moons, create the gigantic rings of the planet. These moons were destroyed<\/strong> by Saturn’s powerful gravity. This distruction created the main raw material that later on became its rings.<\/p>\n

They are made of billions of small chunks of ice and rock coated with other materials such as dust. Saturn’s ring system extends up to 175,000 miles (282,000 kilometers) from the planet and the vertical height is typically about 30 feet (10 meters)<\/strong> in the main rings.<\/p>\n

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The main structures in Saturn’s rings are:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n