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Is there more water in saturn's rings than there is on earth?

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The mass of Saturn's rings is estimated to be around 10^19 kg. The mass of the water in Earth's oceans is roughly 100 times that, so there is likely significantly more water on Earth than in Saturn's rings. Sources: Rings of Saturn · Mass of the Oceans. read more

The mass of Saturn's rings is estimated to be around 10^19 kg. The mass of the water in Earth's oceans is roughly 100 times that, so there is likely significantly more water on Earth than in Saturn's rings. read more

Earth has much greater mass than Saturn's rings. Rings of Saturn says, "Based on Voyager observations, the total mass of the rings was estimated to be about 3 x 10^19 kg. This is a small fraction of the total mass of Saturn (about 50 ppb) and is just a little less than the moon Mimas. read more

But beneath this upper cloud layer, astronomers think there’s a lower cloud deck made of ammonium hydrosulfide and water. There is water, but not very much. Once you get away from Saturn itself, though, the nearby area has plenty of water. read more

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