Would a ring around Earth cast a shadow on the surface?

Subject: Would a ring around Earth cast a shadow on the surface?

Date: Sat Dec 23 11:04:14 2006
Posted by Cedric
Grade level: undergrad School: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
City: Veurne State/Province: West-Vlaanderen Country: België
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 1166897054.As

Message:


Suppose an Earthlike planet with adequate gravity could maintain one or more 
rings like Saturn, would you see it from the surfave and would the ring be 
visible in the sky?
I ask this question cause I'm quite interested in astronomy and science 
fiction, and I try to deal with some related questions who aren't 
yet "encountered".

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