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Rings, ringlets and gaps of width less than 1000 km are listed by inner edge radius. For more details on the rings and a full listing of all small ringlets and very faint rings, see the PDS Rings Node Vital Statistics.
Other evidence shows rings A to C have a broad range of particle sizes, up to m across. The dense main rings extend from 7,000 km (4,300 mi) to 80,000 km (50,000 mi) away from Saturn's equator, whose radius is 60,300 km (37,500 mi) (see Major subdivisions).
Diameter (distance across a ring): We typically measure distances in Saturn radii, where 1 Saturn radius is 60,268 kilometers = 37,449 miles. (For comparison, the radius of the Earth is about 6378 kilometers = 3963 miles.)
Oct 28, 2024 · The B ring is the brightest, thickest, and broadest of the rings. It extends from 1.52 to 1.95 Saturn radii and has optical depths between 0.4 and 2.5, the precise values dependent on both distance from Saturn and wavelength of light. (Saturn’s equatorial radius is 60,268 km [37,449 miles].)
Nov 8, 2017 · Composition and structure. Saturn's rings are made up of billions of particles ranging from grains of sand to mountain-size chunks. Composed predominantly of water-ice, the rings also draw...
ring and the peripheral F ring (Sections 3.5.1–3.5.6). We next discuss the “diffuse” or dusty rings and ring arcs (Section 3.6), followed by the composition of ring material and how it varies radially (Section 3.7). In Section 3.8 we turn to the so-called “ring-moons,” both external to and embedded within the rings.
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.
