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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...
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.
Saturn’s Rings: Young and Ephemeral, Three NASA Ames Studies Say.
Key Points. The particles that make up Saturn’s rings range in size from smaller than a grain of sand to as large as mountains. Cassini found that water jets from the moon Enceladus provide much of the material in Saturn’s E-ring, a diffuse ring outside of the bright, main rings.
Nov 16, 2016 · Saturn's rings were named alphabetically in the order they were discovered. The narrow F ring marks the outer boundary of the main ring system. This alternate version highlights the rings in discovery order.
