... so that the remaining atoms are bare protons. This results in hydrogen becoming metallic. Colorful bands, atmospheric clouds and storms describe Jupiter's weather systems. The cloud patterns change within hours or days. The Great Red Spot is a storm moving in a counter-clockwise direction. ... Smaller storms can be found through out the clouds of Jupiter. Jupiter has a simple ring system that is composed of an inner light, a main ring ... wide and less than 6.2 miles thick. Jupiter has a cluster of three white oval-shaped storms that lie southwest. In the center of these clouds, the air...

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... meters in size. The rings on Saturn are very thin. Even though they are 250,000km in diameter, they are less than one kilometer thick. The rings are mostly water ice, but include rocky particles with icy coatings. Saturn's rings are as followed: D-Ring, Guerin Division, C-Ring, Maxwell Division, B-Ring, Cassini Division, Huygens Gap, A-Ring, Encke Minima, Encke Division, F-Ring, G-Ring ... 't completely unseen. The edge of the planets rings catches the sunlight and reflects of a dark band across the middle of it. Storms are a rare thing on Saturn but do occur. Storms occur when warm air ...

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... , which contains hydrogen, helium, and trace amounts of methane extends about 3,100 miles above the planets ocean. The atmosphere of Uranus is relatively calm and inactive, with few clouds or storms. There are eleven rings of debris encircling Uranus's equator. These extremely dark, narrow ring s orbit the planet in the plane of it's equator. Many of these rings are made of ... ice and rock boulders about the size of beach balls. What I learned about this research was that the body of liquid on Uranus accounts for most of the planets volume. I also ... ...

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