SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet in our solar system. Like fellow gas giant Jupiter, Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium. Saturn is not the only planet to have rings, but none are as spectacular or as complex as Saturn’s. Saturn also has dozens of moons.

Detailed explanation-2: -From far away, Saturn looks like it has seven large rings. Each large ring is named for a letter of the alphabet. The rings were named in the order they were discovered. The first ring discovered was named the A ring, but it is not the ring closest to or farthest from Saturn.

Detailed explanation-3: -The main rings are A, B and C. The outermost ring, easily seen with Earth-based telescopes, is the A ring. The Cassini Division is the largest gap in the rings and separates the B ring from the A ring. Just outside the A ring is the narrow F ring, shepherded by tiny moons, Pandora and Prometheus.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 2009, an enormous dust ring (known as the Phoebe ring) was discovered well beyond the orbit of the previously known rings. It begins at about 6 million kilometers from Saturn-over 100 times the radius of the planet-and extends for another 12 million kilometers.