This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
| This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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A Trip Into Space  Fact Sheets Saturnian Rings Fact Sheet |
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| See also: Notes On The Fact Sheets |   |
Radius Radius/ Optical Albedo Surf. Density Eccentricity
(km) Eq. radius Depth (g/cm2)
Saturn Equator 60,268 1.000
D ring >66,900 >1.11
C inner edge 74,658 1.239 0.05 - 0.35 0.12 - 0.30 0.4 - 5
Titan ringlet 77,871 1.292 17 0.00026
Maxwell ringlet 87,491 1.452 17 0.00034
B inner edge 91,975 1.526 0.4 - 2.5 0.4 - 0.6 20 - 100
B outer edge 117,507 1.950
Cassini division 0.05 - 0.15 0.2 - 0.4 5 - 20
A inner edge 122,340 2.030 0.4 - 1.0 0.4 - 0.6 30 - 40
Encke gap 133,589 2.216
A outer edge 136,775 2.269
F ring center 140,374 2.329 0.1 0.6 0.0026
G ring center 170,000 2.82 1.0 x 10-6
E inner edge ~180,000 3 1.5 x 10-5
E outer edge ~480,000 8
The rings are approximately 200 meters thick
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27