Space Dirt Reveals Age of Saturn's Rings
Abstract
Micrometeoroids in Saturn's rings reveal that these dusty bands are no more than 400 million years old, making them significantly younger than the 4.5-billion-year-old gas giant.
- Publication:
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Physics Online Journal
- Pub Date:
- May 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1103/Physics.16.83
- Bibcode:
- 2023PhyOJ..16...83G