Voyager finally showed thousands of ringlets. Rings are orbiting chunks of ice. Chunks orbit independently around Saturn like tiny ice moons. Vary in size from a few centimeters up to many meters across. All packed close together, continually colliding, giving them worn, irregular shapes.
Shiny ices make the rings appear very bright.
We will study planetary ring in more detail in a separate lecture. Mission to Saturn web page at JPL . Information on the Huygens probe is on the Huygens page at ESA . 2001 February 24 Copyright Richard W. Pogge, All Rights Reserved.