Explain The Ringss Of Saturn

Saturn has a total of seven rings, four main rings and three that are less visible. These rings are made up of thousands of smaller rings. Each ring varies in thickness ranging from one meter to one kilometer, consisting of ninety-nine percent ice and small amounts of other particles, mainly dust and other debris, some of the particles are mountainous sized boulders. These rings are most likely remnants from a large collision from a past moon. Each ring orbits Saturn at different rate with the further reaches taking longer to complete its orbit. The rings begin at approximately sixty-six thousand km’s from the center of Saturn to than thirteen million kilometers. The rings of Saturn contain gaps where very little material is found. These gaps

are created by the pull of Saturn’s sixty-two moons located inside the rings and outside the rings.

Two moons that orbit Saturn are located near the outer ring known as the F ring. One moon orbits inside the ring and the other on the outside of the ring. These moons hold the ring together by using their combined gravity. These shepherd moons are located throughout Saturn’s rings and are what scientists believe creates and keeps the rings in line.