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Nature 453, xii (1 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/7191xiib; Published online 30 April 2008
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In 1999, the Galileo spacecraft sent back its first images of Jupiter's outer rings. These confirmed that two of Jupiter's moons, Amalthea and Thebe, are the sources of the dust that makes up the planet's two outermost, gossamer rings.
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