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ISaturn (i-astronomy)

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ISaturn yiplanethi yesithandathu kwinkqubo yelanga ukusuka eLangeni kunye neyesibini iplanethi enkulu emva kweJupiter . Inomlinganiselo weradiyasi ka-9.48 wamaxesha oMhlaba kunye nobunzima obuphindwe ka-95 kunobo boMhlaba . ISaturn, eneJupiter, Uranus, kunye neNeptune, ihlelwa njengesigebenga segesi. [1] Eli gama lithatyathwe kuthixo wentsomi waseRoma obizwa ngegama elifana nqwa negama lesiGrike elithi Cronus.

I-Saturn yenziwe nge-95% ye-hydrogen kunye ne-3% ye-helium elandelwa zezinye izinto. Undoqo, oquka i-silicates kunye nemikhenkce, ujikelezwe ngumaleko oshinyeneyo we-metallic hydrogen kwaye emva koko umaleko ongaphandle onegesi. [2]

Imimoya kwi-atmosphere yeSaturn inokufikelela kwi zikhawuleza kakhulu kunezo zikuJupiter kwaye zicotha kancinci kunezo zivuthela kwi-atmosfera yeNeptune. [3]

I-Saturn inenkqubo ebanzi kunye necacileyo yeendandatho ezibandakanya ubukhulu becala amaqhekeza e-ice kunye nothuli lwe-silicate. Ngeenyanga zayo ze-146 ezaziwayo, [4] [5] iSaturn ibambe irekhodi lelona nani likhulu lesathelayithi kwinkqubo yelanga. Kwezi, i-Titan yeyona nyanga inkulu kwaye ikuphela kwenyanga kwisixokelelwano selanga ukuba ibe nomoya obalulekileyo. [6]

  1. "Saturn Compared to Earth" 
  2. "Characteristics of Saturn" The Astrophysics Spectator ottobre 2004 
  3. "Nettuno" 
  4. "Saturn Moons" 
  5. "Saturn's moon" (in English) NASA 
  6. "Features - The Story of Saturn" (in English) NASA archived from the original on 2008-04-13 retrieved 2023-09-15