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The Myth: The Ringss Of Saturn

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The rings of Saturn are comprised of billions of chunks of ice and rock ranging from the size of a speck of dust to boulders 10 meters in diameter. It is speculated that they were formed either by passing comets, asteroids, and meteoroids being drawn in by gravitational forces and broken down or they were once moons that spiraled into the planet. Whatever the case may be, we can see that the ringlets have a defined structure that is condensed vertically along the equator but very broad outward from the planet. Current knowledge of Saturn includes many major and minor rings ordering them based on discovery but even a novice astronomer can distinguish that there are 4 major rings with seemingly clear gaps in between.

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