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Which planet have the most ring around it?

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    This one's easy - Saturn. The other gas giants have rings, too, but Saturn's are most prominent and most massive, and can be divided into hundreds of ringlets. There could be planets in other solar systems that beat it, though.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's definitely Saturn. This planet is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun. The total mass in the rings is about the size of a medium mass moon, and the rings are only about 10 km thick.

    Hope that helps!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i prefer that uranus and saturn have the same number of rings..i think this can help..

    SATURN:

    Ring Name: D

    Distance*: 67,000 - 74,500 km

    Width: 7,500 km

    Ring Name: C

    Distance*: 74,500 - 92,000 km

    Width: 17,500 km

    Ring Name: Columbo gap

    Distance*: 77,800 km

    Width: 100 km

    Ring Name: Maxwell gap

    Distance*: 87,500 km

    Width: 270 km

    Ring Name: B

    Distance*: 92,000 - 117,500 km

    Width: 25,500 km

    Mass: x 101 kg

    Ring Name: Cassini division

    Distance*: 117,500 - 122,200 km

    Width: 4,700 km

    Ring Name: Huygens gap

    Distance*: 117,680 km

    Ring Name: A

    Distance*: 122,200 - 136,800 km

    Width: 14,600 km

    Mass: x 101 kg

    Ring Name: Encke division

    Distance*: 133,570 km

    Width: 325 km

    Ring Name: Keeler gap

    Distance*: 136,530 km

    Width: 35 km

    Ring Name: F

    Distance*: 140,210 km

    Width: 30 km - 500 km

    Ring Name: G

    Distance*: 165,800 - 173,800 km

    Width: 8,000 km

    Ring Name: E

    Distance*: 180,000 - 480,000 km

    Width: 285 - 440 km

    * The distance is measured from the planet center to the start of the ring.

    URANUS:

    Ring Name: Zeta (1986 U2R)

    Distance*: 39,600 km

    Width: 3,500 (plus 5,000 km extension inwards) km

    Thickness: 0.1 km

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: 6

    Distance*: 41,840 km

    Width: 1 km - 3 km

    Thickness: 0.1 km

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: 5

    Distance*: 42,230 km

    Width: 2 km - 3 km

    Thickness: 0.1 km

    Mass: 0.1 kg

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: 4

    Distance*: 42,580 km

    Width: 2 km - 3 km

    Thickness: .1 km

    Mass: .1 kg

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: Alpha

    Distance*: 44,720 km

    Width: 7 km - 12 km

    Thickness: 0.1 km

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: Beta

    Distance*: 45,670 km

    Width: 7 km - 12 km

    Thickness: 0.1 km

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: Eta

    Distance*: 47,190 km

    Width: 0 km - 2 km

    Thickness: 0.1 km

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: Gamma

    Distance*: 47,630 km

    Width: 1 km - 4 km

    Thickness: 0.1 km

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: Delta

    Distance*: 48,290 km

    Width: 3 km - 9 km

    Thickness: 0.1 km

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: Lambda (1986 U1R)

    Distance*: 50,024 km

    Width: 2 km - 3 km

    Thickness: 0.1 km

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: Epsilon

    Distance*: 51,140 km

    Width: 20 km - 100 km

    Thickness: < 15 km

    Albedo: 0.03

    Ring Name: Nu (R/2003 U 2)

    Distance*: 67,300 km

    Width: 3,800 km

    Ring Name: Mu (R/2003 U 1)

    Distance*: 97,700 km

    Width: 17,000 km

    * The distance is measured from the planet center to the start of the ring

    Source(s): uhm.. maybe.. from.. N.A.S.A.
  • 1 decade ago

    Saturn has the most rings.

    Source(s): science textbooks
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  • Wedge
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Saturn.

    Obviously.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The planet, Scum.

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