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Pictures of Jupiter's rings
Jupiter Home |
Clouds |
Rings |
White Ovals |
Other Features |
Red Spot |
More Red Spot |
Belts
Click on any picture to get a larger image of that picture.
Picture of Jupiter's rings by the Galileo spacecraft.
Pictures of Jupiter's rings taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. ( Picture of the Galileo spacecraft at Jupiter )
There are three parts in Jupiter's ring system: a flat main ring; a halo inside the main ring and the gossamer ring on the outside of the main ring.
The picture at the top clearly shows this halo. The halo consists of the finest particles from the rings.
The picture at the bottom shows the thin main ring.
Picture of Jupiter's faint rings by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. This picture was taken from a distance of 1,450,000 kilometers from the rings. Jupiter's ring was discovered by Voyager 1.
A cut-away view of the components of Jupiter's rings. The gray halo in the innermost ring. The main ring is thin and narrow (shown in red). The main ring of Jupiter is made from fine particles that comes from Adrastea and Metis.
Dust from Thebe and Amalthea create the outer gossamer rings. Dust is thrown from these 4 moons if they get hit by small meteoroids.
Some questions about these pictures of the rings of Jupiter
Lets see what you have learned from these pictures ...
- Name the three parts of Jupiter's rings.
- Where does the material come from that makes up Jupiter's rings?
- What are the rings of Jupiter made of?
- Name one of the moons where Jupiter's rings gets its material from.
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