Jupiter: Rings

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2173. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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The faint Jovian ring system was discovered in images taken by the spacecraft Voyager 1 in March 1979 and imaged in more detail by its sister craft Voyager 2 four months later. The density of these rings appears to be about a million times less than that of Saturn's rings (see SATURN: RINGS). This explains why, situated so close to the bright planet, they had never been observed from the Earth. P...

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