Saturn's most distinguished feature is its brilliant, shining ring system, which has stuck out to astronomers since the 17th century. However, Voyagers 1 & 2 in the 1980s revealed to us that each of the large planets in the Solar System is home to a ring system, but each varies wildly in its composition, arrangement, and substantiality. In this video, we will explore the complex and elegant natural phenomenon that is planetary ring systems.

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FOOTAGE, MUSIC AND ATTRIBUTIONS:

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Music:
- Drifting at 432Hz | Unicorn Heads
- The Oceans Continue to Rise | Chris Zabriskie
- Passing a Foreign Moon | I Think I Can Help You
- The Five Books | I Think I Can Help You
- I Want To Fall in Love on Snapchat | Chris Zabriskie
- Nevada City | Huma Huma
- Open Sea Morning | Puddle of Infinity

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FOOTAGE:

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University of Rochester J1407b Rings Modelling: https://vimeo.com/117757625

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- Ring Systems Lecture (for Saturn and Uranus): https://courses.lumenlearning.com/ast...
- Roche Limit: https://scienceworld.wolfram.com/phys...
- Historical Observations of Saturn's Rings: https://web.archive.org/web/200903210...
- Saturn's Breakup Hypothesis: https://www.earthmagazine.org/article...
- J1407b: https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/...
- Modelling the Super Saturn Rings: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.05652

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
2:05 What is a Ring System?
4:31 How do Ring Systems Form?
8:03 The Rings of Saturn
11:58 The Rings of Uranus
13:43 Shepherd Moons
16:03 J1407b - Super Saturn Rings