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The Jovian Planet Rings
William AllenDylan Relue
Gabriella Lopez
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Jovian Planet Basics- Far from Sun- Large- Low density- Many moons- Circled by rings- Rapid rotation- No solid surface
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Jupiter
• The rings were not discovered until 1979, in a picture taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, as it went by.
• Has planetary rings that are made up of dust from four moons including Thebe, Amalthea, Metis, and Adrastea.
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The Three Main Segmentsof Jupiter’s Rings
• An inner torus of particles known as the halo• A slightly bright main ring.• Outer gossamer rings
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Saturn
- Rings discovered in 1655, by Christiaan Huygens, using a relatively small telescope.
- Has 7 main rings making it the most extensive planetary ring system in the Solar System.
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About the Rings• The seven rings of Saturn consist of thousands of
narrow ringlets. The ringlets are made up of billions of pieces of ice.
• These pieces range from ice particles that are the size of dust to chunks of ice that measure more than 10 feet (3 meters) in diameter.
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Uranus
• Uranus has 13 prominent rings
• There are many other rings that are still being discovered
• The rings were discovered in 1977
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Rings of Uranus
• The rings are composed of frozen chunks of ice and rock.
• The rings are extremely dark.• Scientists have to use special
cameras in order to take pictures of the rings.
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Neptune
• Neptune rings were discovered in 1989 by Voyager 2.
• There are 5 primary rings.
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Neptune’s Rings• Neptune has three major rings and a fainter fourth ring.• The rings appear to be made of dust particles.
• Neptune’s outer ring, the Adam ring, is unlike any other planetary ring in the solar system.
• The dust that it is made of is unevenly spread out.
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Ring Similarities
• Neptune’s rings are made up of similar material as Uranus’ rings. • They also require a special camera to see them. • The structure of Neptune’s rings resembles that of Jupiter’s rings.
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