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Cassini Radio Signals Decipher Saturn Ring Structure The Cassini spacecraft has obtained the most detailed look ever at Saturn's rings, including the B ring, which has eluded previous robotic explorers Its structure seems remarkably different from its two neighbors, rings A and C
Cassini Reveals Saturns Cool Rings - NASA Solar System Exploration The Cassini spacecraft has taken the most detailed temperature measurements to date of Saturn's rings Data taken by the composite infrared spectrometer instrument on the spacecraft while entering Saturn's orbit show the cool and relatively warm regions of the rings
In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids
Enceladus, Moon of Saturn - NASA Solar System Exploration In the 1980s, scientists noticed that Saturn’s faint and expansive E ring is at its brightest where Enceladus orbits the planet Researchers came to suspect the icy moon might be the source of the ring’s material, but they were not sure how it was being produced
The Forces that Sculpt Saturns Rings - NASA Solar System Exploration How do so many ring particles get so organized? Under the right conditions, the interactions between ring particles alone can produce coherent structures (such as the so-called self-gravity wakes in the A ring) Also, outside forces can push ring particles around and sculpt the rings in various ways
In Depth | Enceladus – NASA Solar System Exploration The moon creates a ring of its own as it orbits Saturn—its spray of icy particles spreads out into the space around its orbit, circling the planet to form Saturn’s E ring
In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration The chunks of ice and rock in Saturn's rings (and the particles in the rings of the other outer planets) are not considered moons, yet embedded in Saturn's rings are distinct moons or moonlets