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ring is ejected material from the moons; this would have been caused by impacts.
G ring very thin ring and faint, positioned half way in between the F and the beginning of the E ring, its inner
edges is in the orbit of the moon Mimas
Methone Ring Arc faint ring discovered in September 2006, the moon Methone orbits within this ring
Anthe ring faint ring discovered in 2007
Pallene ring a faint dust ring
E ring, second most outer ring and is very wide. It starts at the orbit of Mimas and ends a Rhea. It consist of
ices, silicates, carbon dioxide and ammonia. The particles are mainly microscopic.
Phoebe Ring in Oct 2009 the rings discovery was announced, it is just in the orbital plane of the moon phoebe.

Saturn’s Moons
Both Jupiter and Saturn are like mini solar systems, both
have a wide ranging array of moons. From oddly shaped
rocky moons to moons frozen and covered in ice and a
strange moon with its own atmosphere.
Some of Saturn’s moons or moonlets are no more than a
1 Km across, however Saturn does have the solar systems
second largest moon, Titan.
Saturn hosts two moons of particular interest, Titan as
mentioned before and the icy world of Enceladus. What
is interesting about Enceladus is that a Liquid spews from
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