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=== Jupiter ===
{{main|Rings of Jupiter}}
Jupiter's ring system was the third to be discovered, when it was first observed by the ''[[Voyager 1]]'' probe in 1979,<ref name="smith1979"/> and was observed more thoroughly by the ''Galileo'' orbiter in the 1990s.<ref name="ockert-bell1999"/> Its four main parts are a faint thick torus known as the "halo"; a thin, relatively bright main ring; and two wide, faint "gossamer rings".<ref name="esposito2002"/> The system consists mostly of dust.<ref name="smith1979"/><ref name="showalter1987"/>
===Saturn===
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