Looking for a little cocktail-party banter? Try this: The rings around Jupiter, unlike those girdling Saturn, contain no ice. That's what scientists are saying, based on information sent back from the Galileo probe, which as been orbiting the solar system's largest planet for more than two years. The Jovian rings -- there are four of them, one transparent -- are dust particles created by small asteroids crashing into Jupiter's four inner moons.
Big, Crunchy Rings
Looking for a little cocktail-party banter? Try this: The rings around Jupiter, unlike those girdling Saturn, contain no ice. That's what scientists are saying, based on information sent back from the Galileo probe, which as been orbiting the solar system's largest planet for more than two years. The Jovian rings -- there are four of them, one transparent -- are dust particles created by small asteroids crashing into Jupiter's four inner moons.
