D ring Comparison Table

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D ring comparison table

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ring 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. celestial body

D ring 1969 The innermost ring of Saturn. ring

Subject	has discovery date	has definition	is a kind of
ring		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.	celestial body
D ring	1969	The innermost ring of Saturn.	ring

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