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| slightly smaller than jupiter |
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global dipole field
axis aligned with rotation of planet |
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winds move one direction
faster than jupiter
giant white clouds of ammonia ice sometimes form |
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liquid + metal liquid hydgrogen
radiates its own energy due to helium rain |
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A, B, C
thin, flat
made of snowflakes and icebergs
inner rings move faster
innermost ring moves faster than planet
total mass = satellite mima's mass
D, F, G
dust
dcollapsing into saturn
f narrow hoop with shepherd satellites |
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huygens- thin, flat, detached 1659
maxwell- not solid 1867 |
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| dark, defy graviation by moving at same speed no matter how far from sun, moved on saturn's magnetic field |
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gravitational radius around planet within which a satellite is captured
inside, big ones fall apart |
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titan satellite
enceladus satellite
iapetus
midsized moons of ice |
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nitrogen atmosphere
normal pressure
organic moleclues
very cold
methane rain |
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satellite
reflective ice surface
centers E ring
internal ocean of water ice/jets |
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| 1 bright side 1 dark from huge reflective ring |
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several ones of ice
co-ortibal, shpherd, largrangian (share orbit with larger moon) |
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| shares orbit with larger moon |
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| between rings, contains ringlets |
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