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Composition, Structure, Dynamics, and Evolution of Saturn's Rings
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152339
Bibcode: 2010AREPS..38..383E
Esposito, Larry W.
Cassini observations confirm that Saturn's rings are predominantly water ice. The particles in Saturn's rings cover a range of sizes, from dust to small moons. Occultation results show the particles form temporary elongated aggregates tens of meters across. Some of the ring structure is created by moons, others by various instabilities. Data from …
2010
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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Cassini
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