The Rings of the Outer Planets Consist of

question 8

Multiple Choice

The rings of the outer planets consist of

• A) sheets of ice that stretch in round planes millions of miles wide around each planet
• B) billions of chunks (of various sizes) that all orbit the equator of each planet
• C) many large moons, about the size of Jupiter's moon Io, all crowded together
• D) subatomic charged particles, all kept in line by each planet's magnetic field
• E) millions of alien spacecraft, some of which occasionally make it to the Earth and pick up humans to experiment on