Why Do Planets Have Rings?

Planets have rings because they collect tiny bits of stuff that orbit around them. Imagine you're playing with marbles and a toy ball, if the marbles fall into a circle around the ball, it looks like a ring. Saturn’s rings are made up of billions of little rocks and ice particles that move in neat circles around the planet.

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  1. Saturn has rings because its moon broke apart into pieces that still orbit it.
  2. If you throw marbles around a ball, they form a circle like Saturn’s rings.
  3. Rings are made of tiny bits of rock and ice that float around the planet.

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