Jupiter's Rings?

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DotDotDotZ
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Jupiter's Rings?

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Refer to this astronomy picture of the day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050109.html

hmmm...I heard/seen saturn's rings, but Jupiter's rings r pretty unheard of to me? I also seldom see ppl talking about Jupiter's rings. I seen alot of astro pics of Jupiter but alot of them showed Jupiter without its rings. Is it because the rings r too faint to be seen through a telescope? Any1 can enlighten me on this? Thanks :)
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Post by A 5 YeaR Old »

The rings are generally too dark and thin to be seen with the naked eye. Its something like the rings of Uranus.
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