Some secrets of planets
Why does Saturn have so many rings? Although the rings of Saturn can seen clearly with a normal telescope and have been known for 350 years, nobody knows exactly how they were formed. Scientists are still trying to learn more about them. The ring system has a diameter of 2,78,000 km, but is only a few kilometers thick. The rings are not solid'band's, but are believed to be made of varying sizes of comets, asteroids, and shattered moons that broke up before reaching the planet. They revolve around Saturn at different speeds. Why does Jupiter have so many stripes? Jupiter rotates very fast on its axis, once every 10 hours. This has formed a pattern of stripes in its atmosphere, which runs parellal to the equator. The lighter zones are warm, rising masses of clouds, and the dark ones are cold, descending clouds. This pattern is disturbed by storms. One of these,the 'large red spot ',is huge and can be seen from the Earth. Jupiter is not only the biggest but also the...