Crepe Ring Comparison Table

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Crepe Ring comparison table

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ring celestial body A system of four concentric rings, only about 2-4 km thick. The outermost ring is ring A, then comes Cassini's division, then ring B (also called the bright ring), then Lyot's division, then ring C (the crepe ring), then ring D (discovered in 1969). The rings are a swarm of solid particles, probably jagged rocks about 1 meter to 1 km across (1973), not ice as previously had been assumed, inside the Roche limit. Bobrov (1969) estimates the total mass of the rings to be about 0.01 the lunar mass.

Crepe Ring ring 149300 km C ring 1850 The second innermost ring of Saturn, it has fewer particles and is less dense than the outer rings; therefore, it is harder to observe. 18000 to 20000 km Bond

Subject	is a kind of	has diameter	has synonym	has discovery date	has definition	has width	has discoverer
ring	celestial body				A system of four concentric rings, only about 2-4 km thick. The outermost ring is ring A, then comes Cassini's division, then ring B (also called the bright ring), then Lyot's division, then ring C (the crepe ring), then ring D (discovered in 1969). The rings are a swarm of solid particles, probably jagged rocks about 1 meter to 1 km across (1973), not ice as previously had been assumed, inside the Roche limit. Bobrov (1969) estimates the total mass of the rings to be about 0.01 the lunar mass.
Crepe Ring	ring	149300 km	C ring	1850	The second innermost ring of Saturn, it has fewer particles and is less dense than the outer rings; therefore, it is harder to observe.	18000 to 20000 km	Bond

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