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Which planets have rings?

  • All four giant planets in our solar system - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - have rings along with other objects like the dwarf planet Haumea and asteroid Chariklo.
  • Planetary rings are mainly composed of ice and small rocks, with variations depending on the planet's location and moons.
  • The formation of planetary rings can occur through impacts from large objects, the disintegration of moons, or the collection of nearby objects by a planet's gravity.
  • Saturn's iconic rings, made primarily of ice, are expected to vanish in hundreds of millions of years as the debris falls into Saturn's atmosphere.

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