... produce belts of streak-like swirls surrounding the planet. The swirls are a series of storms on the planet's surface. The atmosphere of Saturn has weak bonds and there is a high haze, perhaps composed of crystals of ammonia ice, above the clouds. Apparent high-speed jet streams were also detected in the atmosphere. ... rings were compressed into a single body it would be no more than 100 km across. The ring particles seem to be composed primarily of water ice, but they may also include rocky particles with icy coatings and are extremely cold. An extensive cloud of hydrogen was also dis...

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