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Recent occultation studies and spacecraft observations have revealed the presence of narrow ring systems around the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. Thus three of the four major planets are now known to contain systems of narrow rings. This article attempts to account for the origin and location of these rings.
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Dermott, S., Murray, C. & Sinclair, A. The narrow rings of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. Nature 284, 309–313 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/284309a0
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