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Saturn
Yarn- 10 step mini skein set from What the Flock yarn
Needle- US 6/4.0mm
Cable needle
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Gauge- 26 sts/4” in main body pattern
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System. Although it has only one-eighth the average density of Earth, with its larger volume Saturn is just over 95 times bigger. Saturn is named after the Roman god of agriculture.
Saturn’s interior is probably composed of a core of iron–nickel and rock. This core is surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, an intermediate layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium, and finally outside the Frenkel line a gaseous outer layer. Saturn has a pale yellow hue due to ammonia crystals in its upper atmosphere. Electrical current within the metallic hydrogen layer is thought to give rise to Saturn’s planetary magnetic field, which is weaker than Earth’s, but has a magnetic moment 580 times that of Earth due to Saturn’s larger size. The outer atmosphere is generally bland and lacking in contrast, although long-lived features can appear.
Saturn has a prominent ring system that consists of nine continuous main rings and three discontinuous arcs and that is composed mostly of ice particles with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust. 62 moons are known to orbit Saturn, of which fifty-three are officially named. This does not include the hundreds of moonlets comprising the rings. Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, and the second-largest in the Solar System, is larger than the planet Mercury, although less massive, and is the only moon in the Solar System to have a substantial atmosphere.
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