Jupiter’s Ring System          

    Jupiter has a simple ring system.  It is composed of an inner halo, a main ring, and a Gossamer ring. The Gossamer ring appeared to be single ring, but later discovers showed that the Gossamer ring is really two rings. One ring is inside the other. The rings are composed of dust particles that were created as interplanetary meteoroids smashed into Jupiter’s four small inner moons. The innermost halo ring extends from about 92,000 kilometers (57,000 miles) to about 122,500 kilometers (76,000 miles).

 Jupiter Facts

• Jupiter is larger and weighs more than all the other planets together.
   

• Jupiter has 16 moons.
   

• More than 1,000 Earths could fit inside it.
   

• Jupiter is mostly made of hydrogen and helium.
   

• Jupiter’s most prominent feature is its Great Red Spot. This is actually a storm that has been raging in Jupiter’s atmosphere for as long as 300 years.