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Distance from Earth - 746 million miles (1.2 billion km).  4011 light seconds / 66.8 light minutes from Earth.

The particles in Saturn's rings are composed primarily of water ice and range from microns to meters in size.  Saturn was the first planet observed to have rings. It wasn't until 1977 that it was discovered that Uranus also had rings. Later the rings of Jupiter and Neptune were also observed.

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Saturn (Hubble image)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040117.html
Saturn’s Moon (Dione) – (Cassini spacecraft image)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051021.html
Rings of Saturn – (Cassini spacecraft image)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040723.html