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Why do the Jovian planets have rings around them?

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Planetary ring systems are complicated, notes UW Space Place Director Jim Lattis, and they are more common than once believed. For ages, Saturn was thought to be the only planet in our solar system with a ring system. But in recent years ring systems have been discovered around Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune as well. read more

The rings around Saturn, and the other gas giants, are made up of millions of tiny moons, quite close in to their planets. Saturn's rings are exactly in Saturn's equatorial plane, as are the rings around other gas giants. read more

SUMMARY: All four jovian planets are surrounded by a set of rings. These rings are made up of rock, ice, and dust particles that range in size from microscopically small to the size of a house. read more

The outer planets (Jovian planets or gas giants) are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The outer planets all have rings but you can only see Saturn's because Saturn's ring reflect on the sun and Saturn has the biggest ring in the whole solar system which is 175,000 miles, that is about three quarters from our planet to our moon. read more

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Which Planets Have Rings?
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Why Do Planets Have Rings?
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