planetary ring
English
Noun
planetary
ring
(
plural
planetary rings
)
(
astronomy
)
a ring of
dust
,
moonlets
and other matter that
orbits
a
planet
(such as
Saturn
) as a
flat
disc
;
gaps
in the ring are due to the presence of
shepherd moons
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