Hi all,

First time poster, want the help of some fellow space buffs to settle a bet. I said Neptune is #2 in terms of number of rings. My friend said it was Jupiter. I KNOW he's wrong, but I think I might be too. I tried doing some googling, and here is the ranking I came up with:

1-Uranus (13)
2-Saturn (12)
3-Neptune (7)
4-Jupiter (3)

Is that right? For the purposes of this bet, we're not counting gaps between rings.

Thanks for the help!

Saturn's rings have 7 major divisions. How do you count them in this picture?

Saturn owns the #1 spot hands down. Those big bands are not singular rings. The total number of rings is up somewhere in the four digit range, if I remember correctly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_saturn

That's where I got the number 12 at, from the table of names.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Jupiter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Uranus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Neptune

From the paragraph about the Cassini Division: "From Earth it appears as a thin black gap in the rings. However, during the Voyager flybys, it was discovered that the gap is full of tiny rings."

Ah, so it does. Shame on me for not reading better. That settles the top spot. Am I then correct in thinking Neptune is #2, or is Uranus?

Uranus is #2. It has many more rings than Neptune.

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