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2006-12-06 01:59:01 · 7 answers · asked by neeca r 1 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

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It has 4 rings (2 Gossamer rings, 1 Main ring, 1 Halo ring).

Jupiter has a faint planetary ring system composed of smoke-like dust particles knocked off of its moons by meteor impacts. These impacts are particularly energetic due to the pull of Jupiter's gravity. The dust continues to orbit Jupiter in the direction of the moon's orbit. As it absorbs sunlight, it gradually spirals inward toward Jupiter, spreading out into a ring.

The main ring is made of dust from the satellites Adrastea and Metis. Inside the main ring is a torus of faint particles known as the halo. Two wide gossamer rings encircle the main ring, originating from Thebe and Amalthea. Finally, there is a distant and very faint outer ring circling Jupiter backwards—retrograde of its spin. It is not known for sure where the material for this outer ring comes from, but it may be captured interplanetary dust.

Name Distance from Jupiter's centre (km) Width (km)
1979 J1R ('Halo Ring') 100,000 - 122,800 22,800
1979 J2R ('Main Ring') 122,800 - 129,200 6,400
1979 J3R ('Gossamer Ring') 129,200 - 214,200 85,000

2006-12-07 02:25:41 · answer #1 · answered by Paw 3 · 0 0

1 Ring. see answer below in link.

Yes, Jupiter does have faint, narrow rings. Unlike Saturn, which has bright ice rings, Jupiter has dark rings which are made up of dust and tiny pieces of rock. Jupiter's rings were discovered by NASA's Voyager 1 mission in 1980.

2006-12-06 10:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by BlankProfile 3 · 0 0

jupiter has 1 ring but u can barely see it

2006-12-06 10:08:38 · answer #3 · answered by evil_faerie10 1 · 0 0

Jupiter, like Saturn and Uranus does indeed have rings. They are not as spectacular or as easily seen as Saturn's rings, but they are there.

How many there are depends on how fine you want to define a ring. The rings of each planet are made up of hundreds of thousands, if not millions of pieces of floating debris - tiny planetisimals and moonlets down to flecks of dust and grit. Each one of those pieces of debris has their own orbit. If you really wanted to, you could call the orbit of each detectable piece of dirt its own ring.

2006-12-06 11:30:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

jupiter din't have any ring. Saturn is the only planet which has seven rings

2006-12-06 10:00:56 · answer #5 · answered by Bjain 1 · 0 1

All together now...

Fewer rings than there are around Uranus!

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2006-12-06 10:03:24 · answer #6 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0 0

one ring..

2006-12-07 02:40:10 · answer #7 · answered by sweet_MJ 2 · 0 0

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