Multiple Choice
Which statement about planetary rings is not true?
A) Saturn's rings formed along with its moons 4.6 billion years ago.
B) Individual ring particles orbit their planet in accord with Kepler's laws, so that particles closer in orbit faster than particles farther out.
C) All four jovian planets have rings.
D) Rings are always located closer to a planet's surface than any large moons.
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