[DOC] [TLE] Ring Systems of the Giant Planets - Teach Astronomy [PAR] Today we know that not just Saturn, but all four giant planets have ring systems. 
... Why is Saturn's ring system so much more prominent than the others? ... at the 
time that these were rings, and he assumed that Saturn was a three planet 
system. ... The ring particles are much too small to be seen individually from the 
Earth. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ASTRONOMY - StudyStack [PAR] ONLY PLANET TO HAVE SEASONS SIMILAR TO EARTH'S, MARS ... PLANET'S 
100,000 OR SO RINGLETS APPEAR AS JUST 3 BROAD RINGS, SATURN. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 10 - Exploring the Planets [PAR] Saturn contains more than 100 times the volume of Earth but has a density less 
than ... 3. Saturn's ring system consists of a myriad of small ice particles in orbit .... 
The D ring consists of many very thin ringlets, which appear to have as .... The 
total width is only 700 km, so that on many photographs this ring is only a thin line
. [DOC] [TLE] Secrets of the Rings | DiscoverMagazine.com [PAR] Apr 1, 1994 ... Other early astronomers thought the planet spat out giant clouds of ... The 
presence of so many different systems suggests that rings ... In fact, close scrutiny 
reveals at least 100,000 individual ringlets, each .... just as in actual images of 
Saturn's rings, color deepens in a broad swath throughout the ring span. [DOC] [TLE] Saturn - Views of the Solar System [PAR] Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest in the solar ... 
Saturn's hazy yellow hue is marked by broad atmospheric banding similar to, but 
fainter ... that the main rings are really made up of a large number of narrow 
ringlets. .... seen by an earth based telescope, since the earth is so close to the 
Sun only... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 12, Chapter Review [PAR] Saturn's rings lie in the planet's equatorial plane, so their appearance from ... that 
the rings are actually made up of tens of thousands of narrow ringlets. ... 3. 
Saturn's cloud layers are thicker than those of Jupiter because of Saturn's weaker 
_____. ... Seen from Earth, Saturn's rings sometimes appear broad and brilliant 
but at... [DOC] [TLE] Planetary Exploration - NASA History Homepage [PAR] Mercury was found to be closer to a perfect sphere than is the Earth. ... The 
measured surface winds had velocities of about 3 to 13 kilometers per hour (2 to 
... the presence of two broad plateaus as well as apparent volcanic structures, 
craters, ..... of hundreds of tiny, thin ringlets with intervening spaces, so that the 
whole ring... [DOC] [TLE] 7 Planetary Rings - CICLOPS [PAR] 3.5.3 Saturn's G Ring and Other Moon-Embedded Arcs . . ... Abstract: Planetary 
rings are the only nearby astrophysical disks and the only disks that have ... rings 
entirely) and at Saturn (where they are embedded in the broad disk) and are ...... 
A number of ringlets indeed appear to precess about their planet as a rigid body. [DOC] [TLE] Voyager Uranus Science Summary - Views of the Solar System [PAR] Jan 24, 2001 ... Nearly 3 billion kilometers (1.8 billion miles) from Earth, Uranus is ... Uranus is so 
far away that scientists knew comparatively little about ... The planet's rate of 
rotation could be estimated only roughly, and ... The planet is tipped on its side, 
with its orbiting moons and rings forming a giant celestial bull's-eye. [DOC] [TLE] Voyager Uranus Science Summary - UFRGS [PAR] Dec 21, 1988 ... Nearly 3 billion kilometers (1.8 billion miles) from Earth, Uranus is ... Uranus is so 
far away that scientists knew comparatively little about it ... The planet is tipped on 
its side, with its orbiting moons and rings forming a giant celestial bull's-eye. ... 
The large Uranian moons appear, in fact, to be about 50 percent... [DOC] [TLE] Understanding Planetary Rings - Annual Reviews [PAR] Uranus has narrow, dark rings among broad lanes of dust which are invisible 
from. Earth. Neptune's

Question: From Earth, this planet's 100,000 or so ringlets appear as just 3 broad rings
Answer: Saturn