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Old 04-July-2004, 03:40 PM
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the large gap between the A and B rings. While Saturn's rings are almost exclusively composed of water ice, new findings show the Cassini Division contains relatively more "dirt" than ice.
Dirty rings image

Could the gap be a region where ice sublimates faster? I can't think of a mechanism for that, but the size of the ice grains decreases in there too.
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