• Question: What is inside Saturn?

    Asked by coombes27 to Ben, Clare, Ezzy, Mario, Sam on 16 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by theyoungone2.
    • Photo: Sam Vinko

      Sam Vinko answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Saturn is a gas giant, so its made up from mainly a mixture of Helium and Hydrogen. Towards the core, the pressure and temperature increase and we think the hydrogen turns metallic. The core itself is probably composed of heavier elements, like iron, nickel and rock – silicon and oxygen, like on Earth.

    • Photo: Elizabeth Pearson

      Elizabeth Pearson answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      It’s a gas giant so Hydrogen and helium. The core has to be denser to make up the mass, so people think it’s etiher rock or iron or similar.

    • Photo: Clare Burrage

      Clare Burrage answered on 17 Mar 2012:

      Saturn is mostly made of gas, but we think that deep inside it has a solid core made of metals and rock.

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