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The full set of rings, imaged as Saturn eclipsed the Sun from the vantage of the Cassini orbiter, 1.2 million km (¾ million miles) distant, on 19 July 2013 (brightness is exaggerated). Earth appears as a dot at 4 o'clock, between the G and E rings.
May 4, 2017 · Saturn has more than a dozen rings and gaps within the rings – and more are being discovered by spacecraft like NASA’s Cassini. But the planet does have several major ring systems and gaps...
Saturn's ring system extends up to 175,000 miles (282,000 kilometers) from the planet, yet the vertical height is typically about 30 feet (10 meters) in the main rings.
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.
Aug 29, 2005 · 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. The seven main rings are labeled in the order in which they were discovered; from the planet outward, they are D, C, B, A, F, G and E.
Cassini found that much of the material for Saturn's E-ring—a diffuse ring outside the bright, main rings—comes from the moon Enceladus, which is venting icy particles and gas into space as it orbits Saturn.
May 15, 2015 · Overall, the rings extend about 175,000 miles out from Saturn—almost the distance between the Earth and its moon. But they vary in width and height—some are only 30 feet high.
Nov 8, 2017 · Saturn is not the only planet in the solar system to have rings — Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also contain faint ring systems — but with its satellites spanning three-quarters of the...
Saturn’s Rings: Young and Ephemeral, Three NASA Ames Studies Say.
As I mentioned earlier, Saturn has an extensive system rings, consisting of several individual rings named A, B, C, D, E, F, and G (named in the order of their discovery).
