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What planets have rings what are they made of?

The rings are mainly made of from dust, ice or rubble from that planet.Most moons are asteroids or bits of the planet that have broken off of the planet caught in the gravitational pull from the planet.


Why do have some planets rings and what are they made of?

Small planets don't have rings because they are land planets and are made out of rocks. Smaller land planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and dwarf planet, Pluto , Eris. Bigger planets have rings due to their gas. Bigger plants like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are made out of different gas particles. You can never land in these planets. So this is the reason why bigger planets have rings.


What is the rings around the planets made of?

Saturn's rings probably formed when objects like comets, asteroids or even moons broke up in orbit around Saturn due to Saturn's very strong gravity.The rocks that created the rings used to be stuck together and was one planet but it became too close to Saturn and saturns gravity distroyed the planet and caused those rings. The gravity of the rock cause the to try and stick together and become one planet again but saturns gravity causes them to split apart againWhile the planets were getting into place when the solar system formed, the asteroids that were supposed to be in the asteroid belt when Saturn's gravitational pull tugged them into an orbit.Astronomers believe that hundreds of years ago, two of Saturn's moons crashed. The moons smashed into millions of pieces.The pieces of the moon are orbiting Saturn forming the rings.


What causes Saturn's rings orbit Saturn?

Orbits are caused by the force of gravity combined with the speed of the object in the orbit. Saturn's rings consist of millions of small rocks in orbit round Saturn.


What are the rings of the planets made of?

The material which make up the rings come from a variety of sources. They can be formed frommaterial from the original protoplanetary disk which did not coalesce into the main planetary body;material from collisions between a "moon" and meteorites;ejecta from cryovolcanoes - volcanoes whose eruptions eject volatile materials such as methane, water or ammonia. These condense into "ice".

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What is the material are Saturn's rings made from?

They are made of billions of pieces of ice, rocks, and dust chunks.


How have you learned about these planets and their rings?

yes the rings are full of gassy rocks which orbit around the planet


What make up rings of planets?

Rocks, dust, and other space junk


What planets does not have rings around it?

The planets with rings are typically the gas planets, which are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The rings are usually just substances such as ice, rock, and dust. With that said, the planets without rings are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Pluto also does not have rings, but it is not an official planet anymore. These planets are all made of more solid rocks and minerals, and they are all smaller than the gas planets, since they are denser.


What are Saturn rings made of?

Saturn's rings are made of dust, ice, and rock.


Why does Saturn have rings on it?

Saturn's 'rings' are actually asteroids, meteorites and bits of rock that orbit around saturn. In the very far future, most planets may begin to have these rings due to rocks orbiting around planets.


What planets have rings what are they made of?

The rings are mainly made of from dust, ice or rubble from that planet.Most moons are asteroids or bits of the planet that have broken off of the planet caught in the gravitational pull from the planet.


Why do have some planets rings and what are they made of?

Small planets don't have rings because they are land planets and are made out of rocks. Smaller land planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and dwarf planet, Pluto , Eris. Bigger planets have rings due to their gas. Bigger plants like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are made out of different gas particles. You can never land in these planets. So this is the reason why bigger planets have rings.


How many rings in planet Mars?

Mars has two prominent rings that are composed of primarily dust and rocks. These rings are relatively small compared to other planets' rings, such as those around Saturn.


What are planets' rings made out of?

Particles of dust, ice and rocks, ranging from microscopic sizes up to tens of meters accross.


What is the rings around the planets made of?

Saturn's rings probably formed when objects like comets, asteroids or even moons broke up in orbit around Saturn due to Saturn's very strong gravity.The rocks that created the rings used to be stuck together and was one planet but it became too close to Saturn and saturns gravity distroyed the planet and caused those rings. The gravity of the rock cause the to try and stick together and become one planet again but saturns gravity causes them to split apart againWhile the planets were getting into place when the solar system formed, the asteroids that were supposed to be in the asteroid belt when Saturn's gravitational pull tugged them into an orbit.Astronomers believe that hundreds of years ago, two of Saturn's moons crashed. The moons smashed into millions of pieces.The pieces of the moon are orbiting Saturn forming the rings.


Does a asteroid have the same shape of a planet?

Not necessary. Planets are almost always oval from spinning in orbit, for billions of years. Asteroids are chunks of rocks, and they usually do not spin on their axis. They might be round, but, more than likely, are just irregular shaped chunks of rock.