Only Saturn has the rings?


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Absolutely not, what Saturn shows are only the ones that stand out best, but Jupiter also has one, while Uranium even has nine.


Saturn rings

Thanks to the journeys carried out by some interplanetary probes, today it is known that all these rings, apparently single, are actually formed by numerous sub-rings, composed of frozen particles, resembling small icebergs rotating around that planet.

Saturn's rings are made up of millions of small objects, varying in size from micrometer to meter and orbiting around the planet along the equatorial circumference.


The rings are at a variable height, compared to the surface of Saturn, between 6000 km and 120 000 km.

Their discovery, which took place in 1655, is due to Huygens.

In the preceding epoch Galileo was the first to notice that Saturn was characterized by some protuberances on the sides, but the limited telescopic means of the time did not allow him to carry out further investigations of the case.

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