Planetary ring: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	ring system

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Saturn and its rings

Saturn's three main rings

moons of Saturn: Enceladus

Portion of Uranus's ring system, an image obtained by Voyager 2 on Jan. 21, 1986.

Jupiter's ring, illuminated from behind.

Jupiter's main ring

Neptune's ring system

Voyager 1: Saturn

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Key People

James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish mathematician and physicist

Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Huygens

Dutch scientist and mathematician

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James Keeler

American astronomer