Saturn's C Ring (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Saturn's C Ring

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Saturn's C ring is home to a surprisingly rich array of structures and textures. Much of the structure seen in the outer portions of Saturn's rings is the result of gravitational perturbations on ring particles by moons of Saturn, but some of the features in the rings are due to the vibrations of the planet itself.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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