how come saturn is such an UNUSUAL planet?

INTRODUCTION

How come Saturn is such an unusual planet? Well Saturn is named after a Roman god (people used to think that Roman gods controlled everyone and everything!). Also, Saturn is unusual because it has rings. You would need a telescope to see the rings of Saturn.

Years to get around the sun

Saturn takes 29.5 years to make one complete orbit of the sun. Next, Saturn is 886 million miles, or 1,426 million kilometers, away from the sun.

One planet away

Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system after giant Jupiter. Saturn is the sixth planet away from the sun, one planet farther away than Jupiter.

Icy changes

The bright globe of Saturn is surrounded by rings which may be pieces of ice. Three of these rings are visible from Earth using a telescope.

Seeing The Rings

The rings all orbit Saturn at different speeds and have some gaps between them all. Also the rings were first seen by the scientist Galileo in 1610 through a telescope.