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Jupiter's ring system has previously been described as being composed of a ‘bright’ narrow ring and an interior, vertically-extended halo1,2. The one image which reveals this morphology most clearly is Voyager 2's parting shot of the Jupiter system, a wide-angle (WA) view of the ring ansa in forward-scattered light (FDS 20693.02). The bright ring is plainly visible, and the halo appears after slight contrast enhancement. By further enhancement of this image we have discovered an additional ring, which is far fainter than either of the (already faint) components previously identified, extending to a radius of 210,000 km.
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Mark R. Showalter & Joseph A. Burns - NASA/Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 94035, USA
Jeffrey N. Cuzzi & James B. Pollack
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Showalter, M., Burns, J., Cuzzi, J. et al. Discovery of Jupiter's ‘gossamer’ ring.Nature 316, 526–528 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/316526a0
- Received: 08 May 1985
- Accepted: 18 June 1985
- Published: 01 August 1985
- Issue Date: 08 August 1985
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/316526a0
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