What is Saturn made of? (Chemical composition)

1. INTRODUCTION

#Question: What is Saturn made of?

According to the official NASA website and Wikipedia, Saturn is mainly made of two chemical elements: Hidrogen (≈ 96 %) and Helium (≈ 3 %) with some traces of methane, ammonia, hydrogen deuteride and ethane.

2. WHAT IS SATURN MADE OF? (CHEMICAL COMPOSITION)

• Hydrogen (H₂) ≈ 96.3 %.
• Helium (He) ≈ 3.25 %.
• Methane (CH₄) ≈ 0.45 %.
• Ammonia (NH₄) ≈ 0.0125 %.
• Hydrogen deuteride (HD) ≈ 0.0110 %.
• Ethane (C₂H₆) ≈ 0.0007 %.

3. MORE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES

• Nasa.gov (2018). Nasa Science > Solar System Exploration > Planets > Saturn. Avaliable [HERE].
• Wikipedia.org (2018). Saturn. Avaliable [HERE].