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  2. Rings of Jupiter - Wikipedia

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    The rings of Jupiter are a system of faint planetary rings. The Jovian rings were the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those of Saturn and Uranus . The main ring was discovered in 1979 by the Voyager 1 space probe [ 1 ] and the system was more thoroughly investigated in the 1990s by the Galileo orbiter. [ 2 ]

  3. Ring system - Wikipedia

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    Jupiter's ring system was the third to be discovered, when it was first observed by the Voyager 1 probe in 1979, [11] and was observed more thoroughly by the Galileo orbiter in the 1990s. [12] Its four main parts are a faint thick torus known as the "halo"; a thin, relatively bright main ring; and two wide, faint "gossamer rings". [ 13 ]

  4. Jupiter - Wikipedia

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    Jupiter is surrounded by a faint system of planetary rings that were discovered in 1979 by Voyager 1 and further investigated by the Galileo orbiter in the 1990s. The Jovian ring system consists mainly of dust and has three main segments: an inner torus of particles known as the halo, a relatively bright main ring, and an outer gossamer ring.

  5. Knowing all the angles: Ancient Babylonians used tricky geometry

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    The methods were similar to those employed by 14th century scholars at University of Oxford's Merton College, he said. Babylon was an important city in ancient Mesopotamia, located in Iraq about ...

  6. Historical models of the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    The biggest planets also have rings, consisting of a multitude of tiny solid objects and dust. The planets are, in order of distance from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. There are three main belts of minor bodies: The asteroid belt, between Mars and Jupiter.

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  8. Giovanni Domenico Cassini - Wikipedia

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    In addition he discovered the Cassini Division in the rings of Saturn (1675). [7] He shares credit with Robert Hooke for the discovery of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter (ca. 1665). Around 1690, Cassini was the first to observe differential rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere.

  9. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Map of Jupiter

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