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=== Magnetic field === Saturn has a natural [[magnetic field]] that is weaker than Jupiter's. Like the Earth's magnetic field, Saturn's field is a magnetic [[dipole]] (it has north and south poles). The field is perfectly [[Symmetry|symmetrical]], which means it is exactly in line with the planet's [[axis of rotation|axis]]. It is the only perfectly symmetrical magnetic field of any planet in our solar system.<ref name="sutton">{{cite web|last=Sutton|first=Christine|date=August 27, 1981|title=Saturn yields to Voyager's brief caress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqqoUMj9-pUC&dq=Saturn+symmetrical+axis&pg=PA509|access-date=June 19, 2011|work=New Scientist Magazine}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Saturn makes [[radio wave]]s, but they are too weak to be heard on Earth.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=A. G.|last2=Carr|first2=T. D.|title=Radio-Frequency Observations of the Planets in 1957β1958|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_astrophysical-journal_1959-09_130_2/page/641|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=130|pages=641β647|year=1959|doi=10.1086/146753|bibcode=1959ApJ...130..641S|ref=Smith}}</ref> Saturn's moon Titan orbits in the outer part of Saturn's magnetic field. The [[ion]]ised [[Particle|particles]] in Titan's atmosphere give out [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]] to the field.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/personnel/russell/papers/sat_mag.html |title=Saturn: magnetic field and magnetosphere |last=Russell C.T.; Luhmann J.G. |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences |publisher=Chapman and Hall |location=New York |pages=718β719 |year=1997 |access-date=June 20, 2011 |archive-date=October 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/62DA9rN1s?url=http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/personnel/russell/papers/sat_mag.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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