Statements (28)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
planetary ring system
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gptkbp:composition |
dust
micrometer-sized particles |
gptkbp:consistsOf |
gptkb:Main_ring
gptkb:Amalthea_gossamer_ring gptkb:Thebe_gossamer_ring Halo ring |
gptkbp:diameter |
about 122,800 km (main ring)
|
gptkbp:discoveredBy |
gptkb:Voyager_1
|
gptkbp:discoveredIn |
1979
|
gptkbp:feature |
not visible from Earth with small telescopes
rings are much fainter than Saturn's rings rings are composed mainly of dust ejected from small moons |
gptkbp:hasViewOf |
very faint
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Jupiter ring system
|
gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Jovian_system
|
gptkbp:meanDistanceFromJupiter |
about 92,000 km to 225,000 km
|
gptkbp:observedBy |
gptkb:Galileo_spacecraft
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope gptkb:James_Webb_Space_Telescope |
gptkbp:orbitType |
gptkb:Jupiter
|
gptkbp:source |
gptkb:Metis
gptkb:Amalthea gptkb:Thebe gptkb:Adrastea |
gptkbp:thickness |
about 30 km (main ring)
|
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Jupiter_system
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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