The many-ringed planet

The most intriguing thing about saturn is the many rings around it. I bet you do not know that the rings are actually billons of piece if ice. Each piece of ice (from tiny specks to large clumps of snow) revolves around saturn just as the moon circles earth. Saturn is actually a huge ball of gas that gets thicker towards the centre. Although saturn is huge – it is also the second largest planet after jupiter- it is not as heavy as as ball of water of the same size. In fact, if there were an ocean big enough to contain it. Saturn would actually float int the water.