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To: NorseWood
As for the thickness of the rings, that is unclear; estimates range from 30 feet to over a mile in width.

The chart below is in kilometers (a km is 69% of a mile).


Ring/Gap Start radius (km) from the center of Saturn End radius (km) Width (km)
D 67,000 km 74,500 km 7,500 km
C 74,500 km 92,000 km 17,500 km
Maxwell Gap 87,500 km 87,770 km 270 km
B 92,000 km 117,500 km 25,500 km
Cassini Division 117,500 km 122,200 km 4,700 km
A 122,200 136,800 14,600
Encke Gap 133,570 km 133,895 .
Keeler Gap 136,530 136,565 35
F 140,210 140,240-140,710 30-500 km
G 165,800 173,800 8,000
E 180,000 480,000 300,000


12 posted on 07/13/2004 10:03:42 AM PDT by petuniasevan (Democrat - Liberalism's ode to P. T. Barnum.)
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To: petuniasevan

Thank you! This helps to give some scale to the photos!


13 posted on 07/13/2004 12:20:59 PM PDT by NorseWood
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