How thick are saturn's rings?

The rings of Saturn are the most extensive ring system of any planet in the Solar System. They consist of countless small particles, ranging from μm to m in size, that orbit about Saturn. The ring particles are made almost entirely of water ice, with a trace component of rocky material. read more

More than 700 Earths could fit inside Saturn. Saturn's rings are thousands of miles wide. If there were cars in space, it would take more than a week to drive across some of Saturn's rings. On the other hand, the rings are quite thin. They are only about 30 to 300 feet thick. Cassini is the latest NASA spacecraft to explore Saturn. read more

Even if we use the larger dimension of 11 inches, the thickness-to-width ratio of a piece of paper is then 0.00036, over 100 times the ratio of Saturn’s rings! In other words, to scale, a piece of paper is 100 times thicker than Saturn’s rings. read more