The rings of Uranus are
A) intrinsically very bright, with 70 percent reflectivity, but they are hard to detect because they are very narrow.
B) wide, dense, and very bright, with 70 percent reflectivity.
C) broad, diffuse, and almost transparent, made up of almost nothing bigger than dust particles.
D) narrow and very dark.

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The rings of Uranus are indeed narrow and very dark, which makes them difficult to observe from Earth. Unlike the bright and reflective rings of Saturn, Uranus's rings have a low albedo, meaning they do not reflect much light, contributing to their dark appearance.

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