Moons may have Rings

March 7, 2008 in Worldbuilding | No comments

Good news for everybody who likes “planetary” rings as much as I do. Cassini-Huygens seems to have detected rings around Saturn’s moon Rhea. Until now it was thought that only planets could have rings.

Rings of Rhea (Artist’s Impression, NASA/JPL/JHUAPL)

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