Peculiarities of huge equatorial jet stream in Saturn’s atmosphere revealed

The atmosphere of the planet Saturn, a gas giant ten times 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, thirteen times the strength of the most destructive hurricane force winds that form on the Earth’s equator. This huge jet stream also extends about 70,000 km from north to south, more than five times the size of our planet.