http://www.howitworksdaily.com/space/what-are-saturns-ring-made-of/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:51:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.howitworksdaily.com/space/what-are-saturns-ring-made-of/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Robert Stepp Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:59:57 +0000 http://www.howitworksdaily.com/?p=103#comment-275 Some corrections. The rings are mostly made of water ice. The main rings are about 30 feet thick. When viewed edge on, some vertical formations have been seen to pile up in bumps up to 2 miles tall. The rings are being replenished and shepherded by various moons. There is no geyser emanating from Saturn's south pole or anywhere else on Saturn. This information is taken off of the NASA web site. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn&Display=Overview Some corrections. The rings are mostly made of water ice. The main rings are about 30 feet thick. When viewed edge on, some vertical formations have been seen to pile up in bumps up to 2 miles tall. The rings are being replenished and shepherded by various moons. There is no geyser emanating from Saturn’s south pole or anywhere else on Saturn. This information is taken off of the NASA web site. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn&Display=Overview

]]> http://www.howitworksdaily.com/space/what-are-saturns-ring-made-of/comment-page-1/#comment-32 fabien Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:56:16 +0000 http://www.howitworksdaily.com/?p=103#comment-32 Saturn is not the only planet to have rings. Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune (in the form of an arc) have ring. The solar system is evolving, the rings won't stay around Saturn forever. Saturn is not the only planet to have rings. Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune (in the form of an arc) have ring.
The solar system is evolving, the rings won’t stay around Saturn forever.

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