Each planet has its own unique set of colors – creating a rainbow of colors in our solar system, and one of those planets is Saturn – here’s everything you need to know about this amazing planet.
What color is Saturn?
Saturn is a gas giant planet with an outer atmosphere consisting mostly of hydrogen and helium, and its atmosphere contains traces of ammonia, phosphine, water vapor and hydrocarbons – giving it a yellowish brown color with hints of orange, and the clouds acquire a deep red color due to the presence of hydrogen in the atmosphere -However, clouds of ammonia block this red color causing the outer layer to form and cover the entire planet, and this forms a faint golden colour.
Some images of Saturn taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made the planet appear blue, similar to Uranus, however, this may be due to how the light is scattered from Cassini’s perspective.
What is Saturn made of?
If a spacecraft tried to land on Saturn, you would never find a solid Earth, and that’s because unlike Earth, Saturn is not solid – instead a gas giant planet, made up of 94% hydrogen, 6% helium and small amounts of methane and ammonia – and contains many of the same components of the sun.
It is thought that there may be an Earth-sized molten rock core deep within Saturn – but this has never been confirmed.
What are the colors of the other planets?
The colors of the solar system vary in appearance – each is known for its different shades and shapes, and the planets have the colors in them because of their components – and how their surfaces or atmospheres reflect and absorb sunlight.