How does material from Saturn's rings mix with the planet's atmosphere?
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Material from the rings can become charged through photoionization or by micrometeorite impact. Once charged, this material can migrate into the planet's ionosphere by following magnetic field lines. Between 432 and 2,870 kg (952 and 6,327 pounds) of ring material fall into the ionosphere every second.
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The hydrogen gas is lost to space, the atomic oxygen and any remaining water are frozen back into the ring material due to the low temperatures, and this leaves behind a concentration of oxygen molecules on the ring surfaces and, maybe through ion-neutral chemistry, molecular oxygen is formed, but this is not yet well ...
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