Jupiter - Illustration - Jupiter is surrounded by a system of very dark rings composed...

Jupiter - Illustration - Jupiter is surrounded by a system of very dark rings composed of dust removed from some of its satellites. This system consists of a main ring, located between the Metis and Adrastee satellites, then rings very held in the orbits of the Amalthee and Thebe satellites. This is how Jupiter might look from a position in space just beneath the plane of Jupiter's Main ring. Jupiter's Main ring is believed to be composed of dust and debris from meteoroid impacts with Jupiter's tiny innermost satellites Metis and Adrastea. Jupiter hosts two other broader and more diffuse rings (too faint to be rendered here) which are believed to be generated and replenished by meteoroid impacts on the tiny satellites Thebe and Amalthea