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those rings. How amazing is it that we JUST SO HAPPEN to exist in the teeny tiny time frame that they even exist? To us pitiful humans, the rings of Saturn are eternal. But in reality they are but a blink in the existence of the planet itself.

Cassini reports they are between 10 - 100 million yrs old and will be gone in another 300 million yrs. So lets average that out at 350 million years lifespan.

Saturn is 4.6 billion years old. We just happen to be around for the show.

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That’s a great TIL

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