Rings of Saturn

This is a list of the named rings of Saturn, and the gaps between them.

Name	Distance from Saturn's centre (km)	Width (km)	Named after
D Ring	67,000 - 74,500	7,500
C Ring	74,500 - 92,000	17,500
Columbo Gap	77,800	100	Charles-Augustin de Coulomb ???
Maxwell Gap	87,500	270	James Clerk Maxwell
B Ring	92,000 - 117,500	25,500
Cassini Division	117,500 - 122,200	4,700	Giovanni Cassini
Huygens Gap	117,680	285-440	Christiaan Huygens
A Ring	122,200 - 136,800	14,600
Encke Division	133,570	325	Johann Encke
Keeler Gap	136,530	35	James Keeler
R/2004 S 1	137,630	?
R/2004 S 2	138,900	?
F Ring	140,210	30-500
G Ring	165,800 - 173,800	8,000
E Ring	180,000 - 480,000	300,000

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Last updated: 08-23-2005 08:18:13