2006-09-26 11:33:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Saturn does have a rocky core at the center. However, it would be impossible for anything man-made to reach the "surface" of it intact. Its ENORMOUS Gravity would have crushed it beyond comprehension long before it got there.
Saturn's interior is similar to Jupiter's, having a rocky core at the center, a liquid metallic hydrogen layer above that, and a molecular hydrogen layer above that. Traces of various ices are also present. Saturn has a very hot interior, reaching 12,000 Kelvin at the core, and it radiates more energy into space than it receives from the Sun. Most of the extra energy is generated by the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism (slow gravitational compression), but this alone may not be sufficient to explain Saturn's heat production. An additional proposed mechanism by which Saturn may generate some of its heat is the "raining out" of droplets of helium deep in Saturn's interior, the droplets of helium releasing heat by friction as they fall down through the lighter hydrogen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(planet)
2006-09-26 11:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
True. NASA never tried to land because you cannot land on Saturn because there is no solid surface and, even if it did have one, the pressure would crush anything we currently have long before it even came close to landing. NASA did launch a probe into the upper regions of its atmosphere.
2006-09-26 11:44:14 · answer #2 · answered by williegod 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NASA never claimed to have landed on Saturn.
2006-09-26 12:52:31 · answer #3 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of anyone trying to land on Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus or Neptune. They are too insubstantial for landings. You sound like another conspiracy theory nut. This one is even more ridiculous than the others, for no one claimed we landed on Saturn.
2006-09-26 11:43:02 · answer #4 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing ever has or never will land on Saturn because there is no surface to land on
2006-09-27 13:29:09 · answer #5 · answered by charles w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We never landed on Saturn... or Jupiter, or Neptune or Uranus
2006-09-26 11:37:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one ever landed on saturn because it is gaseous planet.
2006-09-27 02:11:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they landed on saturns moon titan
2006-09-27 14:53:52 · answer #8 · answered by hondacobra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Bobby asks this with tongue in cheek. He is taking the ***** out of all the stupid people who, with no real knowledge, think the moon landings never took place.
Am I correct, Bobby....
2006-09-26 13:33:57 · answer #9 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing man made has ever landed on saturn as it has a liquid core...i think...
2006-09-26 11:36:09 · answer #10 · answered by frankiethebear2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋