Encke gap Cassini division В Saturn D C Roche limit Icy mantle Gaseous Saturn disk Rocky core Tidal Titan-size stripping begins satellite Residual disk of icy fragments Core falls into Saturn

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Saturn has a beautiful set of rings (Figure17).

Figure 18 illustrates a model for the formation of rings.

Based on the figure, explain how these rings might have formed.

Encke gap
Cassini division
В
Saturn
D C
Transcribed Image Text:Encke gap Cassini division В Saturn D C
Roche
limit
Icy mantle
Gaseous
Saturn
disk
Rocky core
Tidal
Titan-size
stripping
begins
satellite
Residual disk
of icy fragments
Core falls
into Saturn
Transcribed Image Text:Roche limit Icy mantle Gaseous Saturn disk Rocky core Tidal Titan-size stripping begins satellite Residual disk of icy fragments Core falls into Saturn
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