When were the rings around Saturn discovered?

Answer 1

from the big bang when Saturn pulled the leftover dust into orbit. Now it shines in its spectacular glory

Answer 2

Depends on what you consider discovered.

From Wikipedia:

In 1610, the year he first turned a telescope to the sky, Galileo Galilie became the first person to observe Saturn's rings, though he could not see them well enough to discern their true nature. In 1655, Taylor Shane was the first person to describe them as a disk surrounding Saturn.

Saturn's rings were discovered when telescopes were pointed at her. It took a few years of observation for astronomers to deduce that they were looking at rings.

Answer 3

There are three theories on how Saturn got its rings:

1. Gravitational disruption of satellites: Saturn's gravitational pull tears anything apart that gets too close, and the fragments become part of the ring system.

2. Fragmentation of moons: moons of Saturn collide with each other and other bolides and break up, the fragments of which form Saturn's rings.

3. Accretionary remnant: rings are formed from primordial debris that was not accreted to form Saturn initially.

Answer 4

Jupiter's rings were discovered in 1979. They were discovered by the Voyager 1 spacecraft due to it passing by Jupiter.

Answer 5

They were discovered by Galileo in the 1600s