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  2. The rings of Saturn are going to disappear in a few months ...

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    According to Earth.com, Saturn's rings will rotate back into view after March, then briefly disappear again in November 2025. To see Saturn's change from earth, you will need a powerful telescope ...

  3. Saturn's rings will disappear from view of ground-based ... - AOL

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    Saturn’s rings are seen as viewed by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which obtained the images that comprise this mosaic at a distance of approximately 450,000 miles from Saturn April 25, 2007.

  4. Rings of Saturn - Wikipedia

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    A failed photopolarimeter prevented Voyager 1 from observing Saturn's rings at the planned resolution; nevertheless, images from the spacecraft provided unprecedented detail of the ring system and revealed the existence of the G ring. [28] Voyager 2 ' s closest approach occurred in August 1981 at a distance of 41,000 km (25,000 mi). [27]

  5. Ring system - Wikipedia

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    Fainter planetary rings can form as a result of meteoroid impacts with moons orbiting around the planet or, in the case of Saturn's E-ring, the ejecta of cryovolcanic material. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Ring systems may form around centaurs when they are tidally disrupted in a close encounter (within 0.4 to 0.8 times the Roche limit ) with a giant planet.

  6. Saturn's rings will disappear from view for a time. This is ...

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  7. Rings of Rhea - Wikipedia

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    An artist's impression of Rhea's rings. The density of the particles is exaggerated greatly to aid visibility. [1] Rhea, the second-largest moon of Saturn, may have a tenuous ring system consisting of three narrow, relatively dense bands within a particulate disk. This would be the first discovery of rings around a moon.

  8. Equatorial ridge - Wikipedia

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    Equatorial ridges are a feature of at least three of Saturn's moons: the large moon Iapetus and the tiny moons Atlas and Pan. They are ridges that closely follow the moons' equators. They appear to be unique to the Saturnian system, but it is uncertain whether the occurrences are related or a coincidence.

  9. Great mystery of Saturn’s Rings May Have Been Solved: New Study

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