- Saturn’s ring system heats the upper atmosphere of the planet by causing the icy ring particles to fall into the atmosphere and release kinetic energy to the surrounding gas, which heats up the atmosphere12. When the icy particles vaporize, they release additional energy, further heating the atmosphere and making it glow at UV wavelengths1. The excess ultraviolet radiation seen as a line of hydrogen in Saturn’s atmosphere is evidence of this heating3.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.When icy ring particles fall into Saturn’s atmosphere, they carry kinetic energy with them. “They have to release that energy to the surrounding gas,” Ben-Jaffel says, and that energy heats up the atmosphere. When the icy particles vaporize, they release additional energy, further heating the atmosphere and making it glow at UV wavelengths.www.sciencenews.org/article/saturn-icy-ring-heat-a…The most feasible explanation is that icy ring particles raining down onto Saturn’s atmosphere cause this heating. This could be due to the impact of micrometeorites, solar wind particle bombardment, solar ultraviolet radiation, or electromagnetic forces picking up electrically charged dust.www.nasa.gov/general/hubble-finds-saturns-rings-…Saturn’s ring system heats the upper atmosphere of the planet, a new study has found. The researchers discovered this by looking at the excess ultraviolet radiation, which is seen as a line of hydrogen in Saturn’s atmosphere.www.jpost.com/science/article-736332
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