The Rings of Jupiter (1)

Original caption:"This schematic cut-away view of the components of Jupiter's Ring System shows the geometry of the Rings in relation to Jupiter and to the small inner moons, which are the source of the dust forming the Rings themselves. The innermost and thickest Ring, shown in gray shading, is the halo that ends at the Main Ring. The thin, narrow Main Ring, shown with red shading, is bounded by the 16- Km-wide (10-miles) satellite Adrastea and shows a marked decrease in brightness near the orbit of Jupiter's innermost moon, Metis. It is composed of fine particles knocked off Adrastea and Metis. Although the orbits of Adrastea and Metis are about 1000 Km (about 600 miles) apart, that separation is not depicted in this drawing. Impacts by small meteoroids (fragments of asteroids and comets) into these small, low-gravity satellites feed material into the Rings. Thebe and Amalthea, the next 2 moons in increasing distance from Jupiter, supply dust which forms the thicker, disk-like 'Gossamer' Rings".