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The ring system of Saturn is divided into 5 major components: the G, F, A, B, and C rings, listed from outside to inside.
The F and G rings are thin and difficult to see, while the A, B, and C rings are broad and easily visible. The large gap between the A ring and and the B ring is called the Cassini division. The two Voyager spacecraft revealed that these rings contain thousands of ringlets, some no wider than 2 km.
The "rings" of Saturn are made up of dust, gravel, snow, ice, rocks, boulders. etc... They are not solid rings. The images taken by spacecraft show very many bands within the major components - hundreds (thousands) of bands and patches. Each is formed by complex gravitational interactions between the mother planet and the moons and components of the ring system itself.
The largest and most tenuous ring is the Phoebe ring, which is found 4 to 13 million kilometers from the planet. It is about 1.5 million kilometers thick and is associated with Phoebe, the outermost large moon of Saturn.
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Who staurn is named after?
The planet Saturn is named after the Roman god of agriculture and time, Saturn. The planet's rings were also named after him.
What planet have in the solar system haves 13 rings?
The planet in the solar system that has 13 rings is Uranus.
What planet has the largest ring?
The biggest planet in our solar system that has rings is Jupiter. If the diameters of the rings are being compared, Jupiter's rings have the largest diameter in our solar system, at almost twice that of Saturn's.
What is the planet of many colorful rings named after the god of farming?
Saturn. He was the Roman god of agriculture.
Planet with most rings?
Saturn has the most distinctive and visible rings of any planet in our solar system. These rings are made up of ice and rock particles ranging in size from tiny grains to large moonlets.
What is the planet that is known for it rings?
Saturn is the planet you are talking about for its rings are sometimes obscured from view by Saturn's shadow.
What is Saturn's appearance like?
Saturn has yellow rings surrounding it. The planet is light brown and yellow in color, and is named after a Roman god.
What planet has golden rings?
Saturn has rings
What is the name of the giant planet with rings?
Saturn is the best-known giant planet with rings.
What planet was first planet to have rings?
the planet Saturn
What is Saturns nickname?
Saturn's nickname is Lord of The Rings it is named that because it has rings around the planet and they are visible unlike Uranus and Neptune.
Which planet has rings on it?
SATURN
