If other planets have debris, why not show them?

Question

Why is Saturn the only Planet that is illustrated with a ring? Don't other planets have rings too? Not very big, but still debris..

Why is this?

Answer 1

Saturn has the only ring system visible from Earth through telescopes available to the average person. In fact, Saturn's rings are even visible in good binoculars.

Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus all have ring systems, but they are faint, thin, and not visible from Earth (we didn't know about Jupiter's until the Pioneer fly-by in 1973, and Uranus's wasn't apparent until 1977).

So showing the rings of the other giant planets would be misleading since you wouldn't be able to see them yourself. And it would detract from the uniqueness in size and brilliance of Saturn's ring system.

Answer 2

The rings around Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune are so insubstantial that they probably would not be visible to the naked eye if you were to visit the vicinities of those planets.

If the goal of an illustration is to give an idea of what the planet would "really" look like if you went there, then it wouldn't be appropriate to show the ring systems for those three planets. Saturn is an exception, because its ring system is very prominent and would be easily visible if you went there. (It's easy to see in a small earth-bound telescope.)

Answer 3

because Saturn and other gas giants have giant masses...so they were able to pull all the debris around themselves..and the rocky dwarfs were left with some moons..but no debris...

hope you get it...

Answer 4

The same reason nobody talks about the moon's atmosphere: It's so light, you hardly know you've got 'em on.