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To: PatrickHenry
wondering one thing, maybe it sounds silly to some of you but here goes nothing:

Saturn has 7 large moons and the total number of moons is still unknown. Jupiter has 63 moons. Uranus 27. But neither Jupiter's nor Uranus' rings are as prominent as Saturn's.. why ?

Scientists explain their origin as arising from gravitational forces of different moons aligning in such a way to control tiny particles in a ring shaped pattern. The bigger particles/objects get sucked into these moons. Since there are more moons in Jupiter, isnt there a greater likelihood of having more prominent rings over there ?

88 posted on 04/08/2006 5:20:16 PM PDT by design engineer
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To: design engineer; RadioAstronomer
I would only be guessing if I tried to answer. I'm pinging someone who can give you solid information.
89 posted on 04/08/2006 5:31:08 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Yo momma's so fat she's got a Schwarzschild radius.)
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