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Saturn is approximately 75% hydrogen and 25% helium with traces of other substances like methane and water ice. Saturn's atmosphere, although similar to Jupiter's, is much less interesting to look at from a distance.
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www.esa.int/esaMI/Cassini-Huygens/SEMPQ6HHZTD_0.html
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Saturn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saturn is 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. Together, these...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
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The result is that Saturn's atmosphere has more haze and its features (turbulence, cyclones, etc.) are blurred and hard to see. This also causes its colors are muted into a general yellowish hue.
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zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast121/lectures/lec20.html
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Like the rest of the planet, the atmosphere of Saturn is made up approximately 75% hydrogen and 25% helium, with trace amounts of other substances like water ... From a distance, in visible light, Saturn's atmosphere looks more boring than Jupiter; Saturn has cloud bands in its atmosphere, but they're pale orange and...
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www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/saturn/atmosphere-...
www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/saturn/atmosphere-of-saturn/
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Composed primarily of hydrogen and helium the upper atmosphere of Saturn exhibits banding similar to that of Jupiter. Unlike Jupiter, however, the individual bands and clouds have little color variations.
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www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/saturn/satatmos.html
www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/saturn/satatmos.html
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The atmosphere of Saturn, like Jupiter, is only a narrow surface layer, compared to the vast interior of Saturn. The three clouddecks of Saturn are to be found mostly low in the troposphere, while hazes of smog can be found higher in the atmosphere.
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www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/saturn/lower_atmosphere...
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/saturn/lower_atmosphere.html&edu=high
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The Cassini spacecraft has revealed that Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has a significant atmosphere. ... Cassini Finds an Atmosphere on Saturn's Moon Enceladus ; By SPACE.com Staff; posted: 16 March 2005; 03:28 pm ET;
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www.space.com/scienceastronomy/enceladus_atmosphere_050...
www.space.com/scienceastronomy/enceladus_atmosphere_050316.html
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2005/Jan/17 ky_OposEffect.jpg, This color image shows the changing illumination during Saturn's opposition. By Kenkichi Yunoki. ... International Outer Planets Watch - Atmosphere Discipline;
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www.ehu.es/iopw/saturn_images.htm
www.ehu.es/iopw/saturn_images.htm
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This is the first time since Cassini arrived in orbit around Saturn last summer that an atmosphere has been detected around a moon of Saturn, other than its largest moon, Titan. Enceladus is a relatively small moon.
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www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/cassini-031605...
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/media/cassini-031605.html
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