EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, Saturn is unique among the planets. It is not the only planet to have rings – made of chunks of ice and rock – but none are as spectacular or as complicated as Saturn’s. Like fellow gas giant Jupiter, Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saturn’s rings are thought to be pieces of comets, asteroids, or shattered moons that broke up before they reached the planet, torn apart by Saturn’s powerful gravity. They are made of billions of small chunks of ice and rock coated with other materials such as dust.

Detailed explanation-3: -Acceleration in Orbit To move in a curved path, a planet must have an acceleration toward the center of the circle. This is called centripetal acceleration and is supplied by the mutual gravitational attraction between the sun and the planet. Motion in a circular orbit.

Detailed explanation-4: -Saturn is huge. You cannot stand on Saturn. Its beautiful rings are not solid. Some of these bits are as small as grains of sand. The rings are huge but thin. Other planets have rings. Saturn could float in water because it is mostly made of gas. More items •07-Jan-2004