Rings of the Gas Planets

When we think of rings around planets are mind (thoughts) jump to
Saturn. They are very reflective because they are made of lots of ice.
We must see them at a good angular view because they are very flat. They
do however measure 170,000 miles across,and that's over half the
distance from Earth to Moon. A comet breaking up seems the best theory
how they got to be. Aliens with great light detectors and seeing Saturn
would say(I'm reading their minds) "such beauty" Jupiter has rings but
are very sparse. They are made up of dust size particles(like smoke)
You would think these smoke rings would disappear in a short time;. They
probably do,but there is a theory that they are continually added to by
meteorite impacts on the surfaces of all those Jupiter Moons. Sounds
like my many impacts of comets striking early Earth and creating our
Moon. Might be this created my idea,for I know I read "Dust kicked up
from impacts" is thrown into orbit around Jupiter,and eventually
creating the rings and keep adding more dust,as dust is carried away by
Jupiter's great magnetic field. Uranus rings was shown to me by
a picture taken by Hubble in the inferred. Good detail and most likely
much better than the detail in the optical band. A question comes to
mind since Uranus is tipped almost 100 degrees ,and this great tilt was
created by being hit by a massive object could this also have created
its rings? Neptune rings Hmmmm have not much knowledge on them. They
are dark so I'll say they were created by a dirty snow ball comet that
broke up and was lucky enough to achieve a stable orbit. Beert

"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote..
When we think of rings around planets are mind (thoughts) jump to
Saturn. They are very reflective because they are made of lots of ice.

Are you sure? Wouldn't solar radiation melt the ice?
Planets with ice have atmospheres to block the radiation, I think.

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:27:00 -0500, Mark Earnest wrote:

"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote..
When we think of rings around planets are mind (thoughts) jump to
Saturn. They are very reflective because they are made of lots of ice.

Are you sure? Wouldn't solar radiation melt the ice?
Planets with ice have atmospheres to block the radiation, I think.

Solar radiation isn't enough to melt pure ice at Jupiter, let alone Saturn.
Sunlight is 100 times weaker at Saturn than it is at Earth. The only thing
that happens to the rings is that Sun's UV light breaks down water
molecules into hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
In fact, ice is hard as rock at those temperatures. Not only are the rings
made of ice, the major constituent of all of Saturn's moons is ice as well.

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The butler did it.

Mark Earnest wrote:
"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote..
When we think of rings around planets are mind (thoughts) jump to
Saturn. They are very reflective because they are made of lots of ice.

Are you sure? Wouldn't solar radiation melt the ice?
Planets with ice have atmospheres to block the radiation, I think.


The rings have ice plus atmosphere!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0821234924.htm

Double-A

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Mark Earnest wrote:
"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote..
When we think of rings around planets are mind (thoughts) jump to
Saturn. They are very reflective because they are made of lots of ice.

Are you sure? Wouldn't solar radiation melt the ice?
Planets with ice have atmospheres to block the radiation, I think.


The rings have ice plus atmosphere!

Science proves right what makes common sense, then!

Hi Mark Jupiter's sunlight strength is 1% of Earth's Best to keep in
mind Jupiter is about 900 million miles from the Sun and the Sun's
radiation obey's the inverse square law. Beert

OOps Mark sorry not Jupiter but Saturn The rest is right. Time for me
to give up the suds and go to bed Beert

"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message
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Hi Mark Saturn's sunlight strength is 1% of Earth's

Sure, but that is sunlight unfiltered by atmosphere...except...someone just
said the rings of Saturn have atmosphere. Crazy universe.

Hi Double-A Never heard Saturn's ice and rocks that make up the
structure of its rings having an atmosphere. Where does the
gravitational force strong enough to hold this atmosphere in place come
from? Comets have a gas particle tail,but never knew they had an
atmosphere. Just had a thought. Could those sparse Jupiter rings be in
actuality comets tails? It fits Double-A is it possible the
atmosphere is in reality the comets tail? Like a smoke ring It had to
be a very large water comet to create Saturn's rings Bert

"G=EMC^2 Glazier" wrote in message
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Hi Double-A Never heard Saturn's ice and rocks that make up the
structure of its rings having an atmosphere. Where does the
gravitational force strong enough to hold this atmosphere in place come
from?

Maybe it is not gravitational force holding atmosphere to the rings of
Saturn.
Maybe the gas is just in a coincidental orbit of Saturn with the rocky and
icy debris.