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interesting. why are the rings brighter than the planet’s surface? that makes little sense in my head.
Ice I guess.
*https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/webb-captures-saturn-in-infrared/
…the rings are extremely bright because they are made of highly reflective water ice.
Fig. 1 mfw saturns rings are icyOw… My guess was blackbody radiation because of all the friction creating heat. But reflective ice makes more sense


