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"- - - heavy, rocky core- - - "

Bowser — 3/28/2007 2:41:10 PM (archived)

"Saturn is a gaseous planet with a rocky core, a liquid metallic hydrogen layer above the core, and a molecular hydrogen layer above that. The hot, heavy, rocky core has a radius possibly three times the radius of the Earth."

"Saturn's interior is similar to Jupiter's, having a rocky core at the center, - - - "

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A hexagone in Saturn's north pole - Raoul - 3/27/2007 3:15:56 PM
- The Emerald City of OZ - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/28/2007 9:41:52 PM
  - Just a darn minute ! - podrock - 3/29/2007 3:15:01 AM
    - Sorry about that - Robert - 3/29/2007 2:50:21 PM
      - You do not want to see... - podrock - 3/30/2007 2:39:31 AM
      - re: Sorry about that - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/29/2007 11:22:44 PM
        
        Tell me 'bout it. - podrock - 3/30/2007 12:09:57 AM
      - Ohhh, theres yer problem - Yeti - 3/29/2007 7:10:00 PM
- Another photo - TB - 3/28/2007 2:00:29 PM
  - re: South pole - Raoul - 3/28/2007 7:55:49 PM
    - Dang. You're right on that not being a real picture. - TB - 3/29/2007 12:30:43 AM
      - re: Dang. You're right on that not being a real picture. - ER - 3/29/2007 1:43:55 AM
        
        Rendering - TB - 3/29/2007 5:18:19 AM
    - "Real picture." - Bowser - 3/28/2007 8:05:57 PM
- tropical storms... - podrock - 3/28/2007 1:42:18 PM
  - re: Geometric whirlpools revealed - SteveS - 3/29/2007 12:06:33 PM
  - The South Pole sure looked like the eye of a tropical storm... - podrock - 3/28/2007 4:15:32 PM
  - some quick links: - podrock - 3/28/2007 2:26:44 PM
- What size of spanner would you use? - nick hoffman - 3/28/2007 10:59:20 AM
  - re: Looks Metric! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 3/28/2007 8:57:43 PM
  - re: What size of spanner would you use? - father earth - 3/28/2007 7:18:51 PM
  - re: Angle - Raoul - 3/28/2007 3:34:45 PM
- re: Amazing - SteveS - 3/28/2007 1:24:03 AM
- re: A hexagone in Saturn's north pole - lance - 3/27/2007 6:07:30 PM
  - They're called "Gas Giants" for a reason - nick hoffman - 3/28/2007 10:57:22 AM
    - "- - - heavy, rocky core- - - " - Bowser - 3/28/2007 2:41:10 PM
      - re: "- - - heavy, rocky core- - - " - nick hoffman - 3/28/2007 10:16:08 PM
        
        Doing it the easy way... - TB - 3/29/2007 4:36:57 PM
  - Don't think Saturn has a "surface" as such. (n/t) - TB - 3/27/2007 8:27:11 PM
    - surface, schmurface - lance - 3/28/2007 1:14:44 PM
      - You try getting through thousands of miles of metallic hydrogen - . - 3/28/2007 7:56:58 PM
        
        Don't tell Richard Hoagland !! n't (n/t) - Jeff F - 3/28/2007 10:52:59 PM
        
        Case closed - It is scientifically impossible to directly measure the inner rocky core of a gas giant. - lance - 3/29/2007 5:54:33 AM
        
        Spare me the anti-science whine - . - 3/29/2007 12:32:45 PM

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