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Where did Saturn's rings come from?

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The rings of Saturn are a system of planetary rings around the planet Saturn. They consist of countless small particles, ranging in size from microns to meters, each on its own individual orbit about Saturn. The ring particles are made almost entirely of water ice, with some contamination from dust and other chemicals.-- from Wikipedia

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"Saturn's Rings" Specific rings are designated with letters (mostly) assigned in order of discovery. The order going out from Saturn is D, C, B, A, F, E, G. There are also a few rings associated with particular moons that are named after the moon (Janus/Epimetheus, Methone, Anthe, Pallene, Phoebe).

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By ring, I think you mean rings because there is more then one ring. The reason Saturn has rings is because it's gravity pulled in rock, asteroids, etc. and they started spinning around Saturn, over time forming it's huge and beautiful rings.

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In all probability, the small particles came from the destruction of a large moon orbitting Saturn.

Another theory suggests that it is just left over debris from the original matter that formed the Solar System.

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Saturn's rings are made up of dust and rock in space. Each and every fragment is

in a gravitational orbit of the planet, so in a sense, one might say that Saturn has

billions of 'moons'.

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Saturn's rings consist of countless small particles, ranging in size from micrometers to meters. They are made almost entirely of water ice, with a trace component of rocky material.

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Saturns rings are made up of

  • dust
  • rocks
  • ice
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saturn's beautiful rings are made of rock and ice

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the rings are made up of rocks and ice from the a erupted volcanoes

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rock, dust and ice particles and two of it's moons colliding and that went into orbit around Saturn....

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