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The rings of Saturn are the most extensive and complex ring system of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, ranging in size from micrometers to meters, [1] that orbit around Saturn. The ring particles are made almost entirely of water ice, with a trace component of rocky material.
Sep 22, 2017 · Four robotic spacecraft from Earth have visited Saturn—Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and Cassini. They have revealed many surprising things about Saturn's rings. The small color differences in Saturn's rings have been enhanced in this picture from Voyager 2 data. Credit: NASA.
Nov 8, 2017 · Saturn's rings are made up of billions of particles ranging from grains of sand to mountain-size chunks. Composed predominantly of water-ice, the rings also draw in rocky meteoroids as they...
Aug 29, 2005 · Saturn’s Rings. This artist's concept shows Saturn and its rings, as well as the planet's major icy moons. The rings of Saturn make up an enormous, complex structure that – from edge-to-edge – is wider than the distance from Earth to the Moon.
Dec 12, 2010 · Saturn’s majestic rings are the remnants of a long-vanished moon that was stripped of its icy outer layer before its rocky heart plunged into the planet, a new theory proposes.
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Cassini captured extraordinary ring-moon interactions, observed the lowest ring-temperature ever recorded at Saturn, discovered that the moon Enceladus is the source for Saturn’s E ring, and viewed the rings at equinox when sunlight strikes the rings edge-on, revealing never-before-seen ring features and details.
