The planet Saturn observed using the Wide Field Camera 3 of the Hubble Space Telescope on 30 June, 2015. The box shows the equatorial storm. Credit: Grupo Ciencias Planetarias UPV/UHU, Hubble Space Telescope, WFC3, NASA, ESA
The atmosphere of the planet Saturn, a gas giant 10X bigger than the Earth consisting mostly of hydrogen, has a wider, more intense jet stream than all the planets in the Solar System. Winds gusting at speeds of up to 1,650 km/h blow from West to East in the equatorial atmosphere, 13X the strength of the most destructive hurricane force winds that form on Earth”s equator. This huge jet stream also extends about 70,000 km from north to south, more than 5X the size of our planet...
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