Jovian ring system

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The Jovian ring system is a faint, dusty set of planetary rings encircling Jupiter, composed mainly of small particles likely sourced from its inner moons.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical structure ⓘ
planetary ring system ⓘ
albedo very low ⓘ
AmaltheaGossamerRingExtent from Amalthea orbit outward ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jupiter system ⓘ
brightness much fainter than Saturn ring system ⓘ
comparedToOtherGiantPlanetRings one of the faintest known ⓘ
composition micrometer-sized dust particles ⓘ
rocky material ⓘ
silicate dust ⓘ
discoveredBy Voyager 1 ⓘ
discoveryMethod spacecraft imaging ⓘ
discoveryYear 1979 ⓘ
dustDynamics influenced by Jupiter magnetic field ⓘ
influenced by Poynting–Robertson drag ⓘ
influenced by radiation pressure ⓘ
dustSourceProcess micrometeoroid impacts on inner moons ⓘ
gravitationalEnvironment dominated by Jupiter gravity ⓘ
hasHaloRingShape thick torus close to Jupiter ⓘ
hasObservationWavelength backscattered light is very weak ⓘ
near-infrared ⓘ
visible light ⓘ
hasPart Amalthea gossamer ring ⓘ
linked to: Amalthea

Thebe gossamer ring ⓘ
halo ring ⓘ
main ring ⓘ
hostPlanet Jupiter ⓘ
inclinationRelativeToJupiterEquator approximately zero ⓘ
innerBoundaryApproximateRadius about 1.4 Jupiter radii ⓘ
is dusty ⓘ
faint ⓘ
locatedIn Jupiter Roche zone ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system
mainRingLocation between Metis and Adrastea orbits ⓘ
opticalDepth very low ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
outerBoundaryApproximateRadius about 3.5 Jupiter radii ⓘ
plane Jupiter equatorial plane ⓘ
ringType dust ring system ⓘ
sourceOfMaterial Adrastea ⓘ
Amalthea ⓘ
Metis ⓘ
Thebe ⓘ
studiedBy Galileo spacecraft ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
New Horizons spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons

Voyager 2 ⓘ
ThebeGossamerRingExtent from Thebe orbit outward ⓘ
visibility best seen in forward-scattered light ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Galileo spacecraft → explored → Jovian ring system ⓘ
Jovian ring system → locatedIn → Jupiter Roche zone ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system
Metis → partOf → Jupiter ring–moon system ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system
Metis → helpsSupplyMaterialTo → Jupiter main ring ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system
Metis → associatedRing → Jupiter main ring ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system
Metis → isInnerTo → Jupiter main ring ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system
Adrastea → liesWithin → Jupiter’s ring region ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system
Thebe → associatedWith → Jupiter gossamer rings ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system
Amalthea → contributesTo → Jupiter's gossamer rings ⓘ
linked to: Jovian ring system