The narrow and relatively thin main ring is the brightest part of Jupiter's ring system. Its outer edge is located at a radius of about 129,000 km (1.806 R J;R J = equatorial radius of Jupiter or …

Jan 22, 2025 · With a radius of 43,440.7 miles (69,911 kilometers), Jupiter is 11 times wider than Earth. If Earth were the size of a grape, Jupiter would be about as big as a basketball. From …

For more details on the rings of Jupiter, see the PDS Rings Node Vital Statistics.

Jupiter takes nearly 12 Earth years to orbit the Sun, and it rotates once about every 10 hours, more than twice as fast as Earth. When was Jupiter's ring discovered? The existence of …

Aug 30, 2023 · As can be seen from the table above, the main ring is located at a distance of about 129,000 km from the centre of the planet, has a width of about 7000 kilometres and has …

Jupiter’s rings likely formed when chunks of rock or ice crashed into the small moons that now reside within the rings. The collisions blasted dust into space that then encircled the planet. …

Oct 2, 2024 · Jupiter Observational Parameters Discoverer: Unknown Discovery Date: Prehistoric Distance from Earth Minimum (10 6 km) 588.5 Maximum (10 6 km) 968.5 Apparent diameter …

Sep 20, 2003 · The Main Ring extends from about 122,500 km to 128,940 km from the center of Jupiter (Jupiter's radius is 71,398 km, so the Main Ring starts about 50,000 km above Jupiter's …

Jan 13, 2025 · Jupiter - Rings, Moons, Gas Giant: As the Pioneer 10 spacecraft sped toward its closest approach to Jupiter in 1974, it detected a sudden decrease in the density of charged …

The Ring-Moon Systems Node of NASA's Planetary Data System is devoted to archiving, cataloging, and distributing scientific data sets relevant to planetary rings and moons, and the …