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What makes Saturn a beautiful planet to look at?
The second largest planet in the solar system, Saturn is a “gas giant” composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. But it’s best known for the bright, beautiful rings that circle its equator. The planet can be seen from Earth with the unaided eye, but a telescope is needed to see the rings.
Why is Saturn so important?
Saturn’s impact on the solar system As the most massive planet in the solar system after Jupiter, the pull of Saturn’s gravity has helped shape the fate of our solar system. It may have helped violently hurl Neptune and Uranus outward.
Why is Saturn called the jewel of our Solar System?
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and is often called, “The Jewel of the Solar System” because of its beautiful rings. It is the second largest planet in our solar system.
What’s interesting about Saturn?
Facts about Saturn
- Saturn is the most distant planet that can be seen with the naked eye.
- Saturn was known to the ancients, including the Babylonians and Far Eastern observers.
- Saturn is the flattest planet.
- Saturn orbits the Sun once every 29.4 Earth years.
- Saturn’s upper atmosphere is divided into bands of clouds.
What’s the smallest planet in the Solar System?
Mercury
Planet/Smallest
How was Saturn named for kids?
The planet Saturn is named after the Roman god of agriculture. In Greek mythology, he is known as Cronus, the father of Zeus (Jupiter). Saturn is the root of the English word “Saturday.”
What is the most beautiful thing in the Solar System?
Saturn and it’s majestic rings, definitely one of the most beautiful things in our Solar System. Saturn looks so beautiful with it’s ring system that it can surely be called as the “jewel” of our Solar System. Saturn is a gas giant.
Why is Saturn’s surface so beautiful?
The simple answer is it’s beautiful because of the rings, which might be argued not to be a part of the planet at all, merely a result of icy objects falling within Saturn’s Roche limit. That said, Saturn’s pole is rather magnificent, forming a rather perfect hexagon:
Is Saturn the only planet with rings?
Galleries Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our solar system. 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.
What are some interesting facts about Saturn?
The extreme pressures and temperatures deep inside the planet crush, melt and vaporize spacecraft trying to fly into the planet. Saturn is blanketed with clouds that appear as faint stripes, jet streams and storms. The planet is many different shades of yellow, brown and grey.