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Saturn, Uranus and Neptune planet

Filed under: Geography Universe on 2021-07-21 18:30:16
Saturn
# Saturn’s rings are probably made up of billions of particles of ice and ice-covered rocks.

# Titan is the second-largest moon in the Solar System (larger than Mercury) and it is the only satellite in the Solar System with a substantial atmosphere (nitrogen-rich).

Uranus

# In contrast to all other planets, it is tipped and spin on its sides, that is its axis of rotation lies in nearly the plane of its orbit. (The poles of Uranus lie in a plane where equators of other planets lie)

# All eight planets in the Solar System orbit (revolve) the Sun in the direction of the Sun’s rotation, which is counterclockwise when viewed from above the Sun’s north pole.

# Six of the eight planets also rotate about their axis in this same direction (counterclockwise).

# Venus and Uranus have a strange retrograde rotation (clockwise), i.e., opposite of sun’s rotation.

Neptune

# Uranus and Neptune (the ice giants) are called the twins of the outer solar system.

# They are surrounded by a thick atmosphere of hydrogen and helium and contains a higher proportion of “ices” such as water, ammonia, and methane ice giants” to emphasise this distinction.

# Neptune has the strongest sustained winds (2,100 km/h) of any planet in the Solar System.
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