Understanding Saturn’s Ring System
As the authors put it, “the origin and long-term evolution of Saturn’s rings is still an unsolved problem.” While astronomers still seek answers to many of the questions about Saturn’s ring system, the Cassini spacecraft has been a tremendous help in approaching the answers. In a recently released book titled “Saturn from Cassini-Huygen”, one chapter is devoted to to Saturn’s rings, and is now available online here. So take a look if you ever wondered where Saturn got its rings.