2007-12-07 15:41:28 · 6 answers · asked by prince cupid blue ursa minor 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Jupiter and Uranus are married, exchanging rings, symbolic of their Jovian love for each other.
(no, Saturn and Neptune aren't married. Saturn is just vain and Neptune thinks she is Goth)
2007-12-07 15:48:55 · answer #1 · answered by Faesson 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Does Jupiter Have Rings
2016-10-05 06:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by bugenhagen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes there is no purpose. There just IS. Symbolism is in the eye of the beholder.
In this case, the rings of Jupiter are a failed moon that never formed through the normal accretion process.
2007-12-07 15:50:26 · answer #3 · answered by The_Doc_Man 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No purpose. Just cosmic traffic accidents. Any planet can have rings if there is a source for the ring particles. In Jupiter's case they seem to come from meteorites colliding with the moons.
2007-12-07 15:50:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Rings are particulate bands which either lacked the mass to form a moon, or were kept in a state of flux by the gravity of existing moons. Or, in most cases, were too close to the planet. Four planets have rings. Saturn's of course, are the most impressive.
Symbolism? No. They formed as the result of natural processes. The only symbolisms of any such things are imposed by humans. Completely artificial.
2007-12-07 15:50:03 · answer #5 · answered by Brant 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rings are formed by a huge object like a planet passing a bigger planet or star so close that the gravitiy from the planet and the force of where it was traveling conflict and cause the planet to fall apart into small chunks which float around in it's orbital path. slowly over time the small chunks that fly at different speeds based on their mass run into each other forming bigger chunks sometime they end up being one big chunk sometime a few chunks. We call them moons.
2007-12-07 16:14:01 · answer #6 · answered by Richard M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many planets and stars have rings, not just Saturn. Rings are basically chunks of ice and rock swirling around the planet that got sucked in due to attraction by such a large mass.
2007-12-07 15:50:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rings are formed of small particles of dust and ice some and many of them even ranging up to many metres wide.these rotate under the influence of the gravity of the planet since they couldn't form a moon.
there is no relation of these with symbolism
2007-12-07 17:26:52 · answer #8 · answered by Ankush backstreetboy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the rings are just chunks of ice and dust caught in jupiter's gravitational pull, all the outer planets have rings..
2007-12-07 15:55:23 · answer #9 · answered by Manisha 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Purpose? Why should they have a purpose? They just exist, is all, they have no purpose.
2007-12-08 00:55:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋