Ring systems
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Fact
All four giant planets have ring systems (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
Rings
Consist of very tiny particles orbiting in the same space
Jupiter
Planet whose ring system has rocky particles, visible, and darker than others
Saturn
Planet whose ring system is mostly ice because of high reflexibility (snow ball sized particles
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The Roche Limit is about ___X the radius of the planet from the inside of the planet
Uranus and Neptune
These two planets have thin and defined ring systems
Roche Limit
Where the tidal force of the planet on the object equals the gravity force between them
Roche Limit
the closest distance from the center of a planet that a satellite can approach without being pulled apart by the planet's gravitational field.
