Behold the rings of Jupiter

Not Saturn . Jupiter . Yes , Jupiter has rings . Did we just blow your nous ?

It ’s surprising how few people know about the ring system of our solar scheme ’s largest planet . Then again , recognise the Jovian ring system from Earth is next to impossible ; in fact , it was n’t until 1979 , when Voyager I returned some of its first picture of the gas giant , that anyone even cognise it existed .

Since then , astronomers have used information from NASA’sGalileo satelliteto decide that the planet ’s faint , circumscribing band in all probability organise in the consequence ofimpact event on its environ moons . The resulting ring are certainly less conspicuous than those of its neighbor Saturn , but I ’d argue they ’re just as beautiful when viewed in the right light . Here , the closed chain system appear dramatically as Jupiter passes between the Sun and the Galileo spacecraft . Be sure to check it out in how-do-you-do - Re ; breathtaking does n’t get to describe it .

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