Saturn Losing Its Phenomenal Rings
Saturn src: nasa The second largest planet of our solar system, Saturn , is reportedly losing its charismatic rings. The rings which have made it the most distinguishable planet among all have started disappearing and are expected to vanish in the near future according to a recent study. What is ring rain and assumptions for life of rings. The Saturn like every other planet in the solar system has a magnetic field and gravitational field of itself. But this field is so strong that it is pulling the phenomenal rings of the planet towards the surface and tearing them apart. This leads to the breaking of the ring and the disintegration of the water ice particles into much fine size. This looks alike the rain on Earth hence is termed as ring rain and have the ability to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in half an hour. Image depicting ring rain src: nasa According to the study conducted on the data collected by the Voyager 1 and 2 missions, the rate of diminishing of t...