a. The "gap" moons shepherd the particles and maintain its thin profile.
b. The current thinness is a short-lived phenomenon that is special to this time.
c. Solar radiation pressure keeps particles pressed into the rings.
d. Any particle in the ring with an orbital tilt would collide with other ring particles, flattening its orbit.
e. Saturn's gravity prevents particles from migrating upwards out of the rings.
2006-11-10 12:34:23 · 4 answers · asked by Coco 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
d.
2006-11-10 14:15:11 · answer #1 · answered by Demiurge42 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the Saturn is big that the rocks on the ring has to spread wide and because of the Saturn's size the ring has to spread even farther. and that makes us think that the ring is thin but so pretty.
2006-11-10 20:50:16 · answer #2 · answered by ~lvrgurl~ 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Answer is B,
2006-11-10 20:41:25 · answer #3 · answered by M.R.Palaniappa 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
b.
2006-11-10 20:39:44 · answer #4 · answered by Speak To The Hand. 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋