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What type of landscape does Saturn have?
Surface. As 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 it like on Saturn surface?
Like the other gas giants, Saturn’s surface to atmosphere interface is rather nebulous, and likely has a small, rocky core surrounded by a liquid and very thick atmosphere. Saturn is considerably colder than Jupiter being further from the Sun, with an average temperature of about -285 degrees F.
Does Saturn have solid land?
Saturn’s surface Saturn is classified as a gas giant because it is almost completely made of gas. Its atmosphere bleeds into its “surface” with little distinction. If a spacecraft attempted to touch down on Saturn, it would never find solid ground.
Does Saturn have any craters?
On the giant gas planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, we do not see any craters because there is no visible solid surface for the meteors to hit. On Mercury, where there is no atmosphere, there is no weather to erode away the craters, so most of the craters are still visible.
Are Saturn’s rings horizontal or vertical?
Uranus also has rings, and the images that reveal its rings emphasize how tilted this planet is compared to Saturn. The images show that the rings appear vertical, while those in Saturn are horizontal. Like Jupiter, the particles in the rings of Uranus are smaller than those in Saturn’s rings.
Is Saturn a inner or outer planet?
The Outer Planets These planets are much larger than the inner planets and are made primarily of gases and liquids, so they are also called gas giants. This image shows the four outer planets and the Sun, with sizes to scale. From left to right, the outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.