Why does Saturn have rings

Scientists think they are icy snowballs or ice covered rocks. There are actually many rings—maybe 500 to 1000. There are also gaps in the rings ...

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I believe the "ring" form has to do with a long-timeframe of a debris/dust cloud essentially condensing around a plane of highest mass/rotation.

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Saturn has the most extensive and complex ring system of any planet in the Solar System. The rings consist of particles in orbit around the planet

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Saturn's rings are thought to be pieces of comets, asteroids, or shattered moons that broke up before they reached the planet, torn apart by Saturn's powerful ...

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The rings could be debris left over from the tidal destruction of a former icy moon of Saturn or the remains of a comet that strayed too close ...

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It might be that the ring used to be a moon with enough surface gravity to stay in one piece, that was blown apart by an impact event.

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1) Saturn's rings are the remnants of a moon that shattered or collided with another moon. In this scenario, the ring material would be ...

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