Ring

Saturn's rings are made of ice and rock. These pieces vary in size. Some are as small as a grain of sand. Others are as large as a house. But scientists aren't sure when or how Saturn's rings formed. They think the rings might have something to do with Saturn's many moons.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. Some of the rings are close together. Others have large gaps between them. They circle around at a very high speed. The large rings are made up of many smaller rings. The smaller rings are called ringlets. Saturns rings are thousands of miles wide. The rings are quite think though. 30-300 feet thick.