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Seeing Rings [1]

Hubble Space Telescope captured this false-color image of Uranus and its rings in 1998. The rings actually are much fainter than depicted here, so they weren't discovered until the 1980s. Most of the rings are made of small pebbles, although a few are made of tiny grains of dust. [NASA/JPL/STScI]

Moon and Uranus
hubble space telescope view of rings of uranus
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