Rings of Neptune
The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings and were first discovered (as "arcs") on 22 July 1984 in Chile by Patrice Bouchet , Reinhold Häfner and Jean Manfroid at La Silla Observatory (ESO) during an observing program proposed by André Brahic and Bruno Sicardy from Paris Observatory , and at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory by F. Vilas and L.-R. Elicer for a program led by William Hubbard. [1] [2] They were eventually imaged in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. [3] At their densest, they are comparable to the less dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, but much of Neptune 's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty , more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter . Neptune's rings are named after astronomers who contributed important work on the planet: [3] Galle , Le Verrier , Lassell , Arago , and Adams . [4] [5] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of the moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [5]
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The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings and were first discovered (as "arcs") on 22 July 1984 in Chile by Patrice Bouchet , Reinhold Häfner and Jean Manfroid at La Silla Observatory (ESO) during an observing program proposed by André Brahic and Bruno Sicardy from Paris Observatory , and at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory by F. Vilas and L.-R. Elicer for a program led by William Hubbard. [1] [2] They were eventually imaged in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. [3] At their densest, they are comparable to the less dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, but much of Neptune 's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty , more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter . Neptune's rings are named after astronomers who contributed important work on the planet: [3] Galle , Le Verrier , Lassell , Arago , and Adams . [4] [5] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of the moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [5] |
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The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings and were first discovered (as "arcs") in 1984 in Chile by Patrice Bouchet , Reinhold Häfner and Jean Manfroid at La Silla Observatory (ESO) during an observing program proposed by André Brahic and Bruno Sicardy from Paris Observatory , and at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory by F. Vilas and L.-R. Elicer for a program led by William Hubbard. [1] [2] They were eventually imaged in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. [3] At their densest, they are comparable to the less dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, but much of Neptune 's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty , more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter . Neptune's rings are named after astronomers who contributed important work on the planet: [3] Galle , Le Verrier , Lassell , Arago , and Adams . [4] [5] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of the moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [5] |
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The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings and were first discovered (as "arcs") in 1984 in Chile by Patrice Bouchet , Reinhold Häfner and Jean Manfroid at La Silla Observatory (ESO) during an observing program proposed by André Brahic and Bruno Sicardy from Paris Observatory , and at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory by F. Vilas and L.-R. Elicer for a program led by William Hubbard. [1] [2] They were eventually imaged in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. [3] At their densest, they are comparable to the less dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, but much of Neptune's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty , more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter . Neptune 's rings are named after astronomers who contributed important work on the planet: [3] Galle , Le Verrier , Lassell , Arago , and Adams . [4] [5] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of the moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [5] |
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The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings and were first discovered (as "arcs") in 1984 in Chile by Patrice Bouchet , Reinhold Häfner and Jean Manfroid at La Silla Observatory (ESO) during an observing program proposed by André Brahic and Bruno Sicardy from Paris Observatory , and at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory by F. Vilas and L.-R. Elicer for a program led by William Hubbard. [1] [2] They were eventually imaged in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. [3] At their densest, they are comparable to the less dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, but much of Neptune's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty , more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter . Neptune 's rings are named after astronomers who contributed important work on the planet: [3] Galle , Le Verrier , Lassell , Arago , and Adams . [4] [5] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of the moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [5] |
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The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings and were first discovered (as "arcs") in 1984 in Chile by Patrice Bouchet, Reinhold Häfner and Jean Manfroid at La Silla Observatory (ESO) during an observing program proposed by André Brahic and Bruno Sicardy from Paris Observatory , and at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory by F. Vilas and L.-R. Elicer for a program led by Williams Hubbard. [1] [2] They were eventually imaged in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. [3] At their densest, they are comparable to the less dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, but much of Neptune's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty , more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter . Neptune 's rings are named after astronomers who contributed important work on the planet: [3] Galle , Le Verrier , Lassell , Arago , and Adams . [4] [5] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of the moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [5] |
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The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings and were first discovered (as "arcs") in 1984 in Chile by Patrice Bouchet, Reinhold Häfner and Jean Manfroid at La Silla Observatory (ESO) during an observing program proposed by André Brahic and Bruno Sicardy from Paris-Meudon Observatory, and at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory by F. Vilas and L.-R. Elicer for a program led by Williams Hubbard. [1] [2] They were eventually imaged in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. [3] At their densest, they are comparable to the less dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, but much of Neptune's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty , more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter . Neptune 's rings are named after astronomers who contributed important work on the planet: [3] Galle , Urbain Le Verrier , Lassell , Arago , and Adams . [4] [5] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of the moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [5] |
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The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings and were first discovered (as "arcs") in 1984 in Chile by Patrice Bouchet, Reinhold Häfner and Jean Manfroid at La Silla Observatory (ESO) during an observing program proposed by André Brahic and Bruno Sicardy from Paris-Meudon Observatory, and at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory by F. Vilas and L.-R. Elicer for a program led by Williams Hubbard [1] [2] . They were eventually imaged in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. [3] At their densest, they are comparable to the less dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, but much of Neptune's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty , more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter . Neptune 's rings are named after astronomers who contributed important work on the planet: [3] Galle , Le Verrier , Lassell , Arago , and Adams . [4] [5] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of the moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [5] |
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The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings predicted in 1984 by André Brahic and imaged in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. [1] At their densest, they are comparable to the less dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, but much of Neptune's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty , more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter . Neptune 's rings are named after astronomers who contributed important work on the planet: [1] Galle , Le Verrier , Lassell , Arago , and Adams . [2] [3] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of the moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [3] |
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The rings of Neptune consist primarily of five principal rings predicted in 1984 by André Brahic and imaged in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. [1] At their densest, they are comparable to the less-dense portions of Saturn's main rings such as the C ring and the Cassini Division, and much of Neptune's ring system is quite tenuous, faint and dusty , more closely resembling the rings of Jupiter . Neptune 's rings are named after astronomers who contributed important work on the planet: [1] Galle , Le Verrier , Lassell , Arago , and Adams . [2] [3] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of Neptunian moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [3] |
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The rings of Neptune were discovered in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft [1] and are tenuous, faint and dusty , and resemble the rings of Jupiter more closely than those of Saturn or Uranus . Neptune possesses five known rings, each named for an astronomer who contributed important work on the planet: [1] the Galle, Le Verrier, Lassell, Arago and Adams rings. [2] [3] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of Neptunian moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [3] |
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The rings of Neptune were discovered in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft [1] and are tenuous, faint and dusty , and resemble the rings of Jupiter more closely than those of Saturn or Uranus . Neptune possesses five known rings, each named for an astronomer who contributed important work on the planet: [1] the Galle, LeVerrier, Lassell, Arago and Adams rings. [2] [3] Neptune also has a faint unnamed ring coincident with the orbit of Neptunian moon Galatea . Three other moons orbit between the rings: Naiad , Thalassa and Despina . [3] |
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Neptune has a faint planetary ring system consisting of several distinct rings, and the unusual ring arcs present in the outer Adams ring. The ring particles are unusually dark and contain a large proportion of microscopic dust. |
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Neptune has a faint planetary ring system consisting of several distinct rings, and the unique ring arcs present in the outer Adams ring. The ring particles are dark, and unusually, all the rings contain a large proportion of microscopic dust. |
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