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Rings around a planet are caused by a collision. This collision could occur from a moon crashing into a moon, a moon crashing into the planet, an asteroid crashing into a moon or an asteroid crashing into the planet.The resulting debris from the collision gets trapped in the planetary orbit, and hence, creates a ring system.
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∙ 11y agoThere are three theories on how Saturn got its rings:
1. Gravitational disruption of satellites: Saturn's gravitational pull tears anything apart that gets too close, and the fragments become part of the ring system.
2. Fragmentation of moons: moons of Saturn collide with each other and other bolides and break up, the fragments of which form Saturn's rings.
3. Accretionary remnant: rings are formed from primordial debris that was not accreted to form Saturn initially.
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∙ 14y agobecause it is a dimensional hazard caused by rocks to form a ring
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∙ 15y agoThe "ring" is called a halo. It is caused by light being reflected and refracted by ice crystals located in high altitude clouds.
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∙ 12y agoNo. It doesn't.
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∙ 13y agoearth does not have a ring around it
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∙ 12y agoNo.
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How did the moon get sucked into the earths gravity?
It did not get pulled in by Earth's gravity. The moon most likely formed when a small planet collided with Earth early in its history, producing a ring of debris around Earth which coalesced to form the moon.
The plot of Der Ring des Nibelungen (Ring Cycle) centers around a .?
Magical ring
A ring of light around the sun or moon?
I'm not entirely sure what you mean. The moon doesn't produce any light by itself. Instead, the moon reflects sunlight onto Earth. If you mean a ring of light that appears to surround the moon on a clear night, then that would have to do with the Earth's atmosphere and not the moon itself. When light enters the Earth's atmosphere, it scatters due to absorption and re-emission by the molecules as well as a phenomenon called Raleigh scattering. The fainter ring of light that you see on clear nights is thanks to the combination of those two effects.
Which planet has a ring system easily visible to earth?
Saturn.
What causes a big ring around the moon?
As the layer of the moon is thick, the line around it shown is a shadow.
What is and equator?
a equator is a ring that goes around earth
Does earth have a ring around it?
Unless you count a cloud of satellites and debris that we put up there. The earth actually used to have a ring during its formation, but that ring clumped together and turned into what we know see as the moon. Hope this answers your question
Why doesn't the earth have a ring around it?
It used to, but most of it formed to make the moon, whilst some was removed by meteors and comets passing very close to the Earth in the chaotic Hadean As long as there is a moon, there will never be a ring around Earth. The gravity of the Earth and Moon cause too much instability for a ring to form.
Where are the most volcanoes on Earth?
In the "Ring of Fire" Around the Pacific ocean
Where do volcanoes mostly happen?
Volcanoes happen mostly around 'the ring of fire' this is a so called 'ring' around the pacific ocean, this 'ring' is one of the weakest spots on the earth's surface.
Did earth used to have a ring?
Yes.Earth had rings around it but then broke and formed our moon.
Where are the most of the Earth's volcanoes?
around the Pacific Ring of Fire. or the Pacific Plate
What is a word with the Latin root nuntiare?
Anus, which means 'ring', referring to the ring that the Earth's orbit makes around the Sun, or one year.
When the moon have a ring around?
The moon sometimes appears to have a ring (or halo) around it because of light diffraction in the Earth's upper atmosphere, usually due to ice crystals high in the atmosphere.
What happened to the Earth as a result of the Moon-forming collision?
A small mini-planet, about the size of Mars, slammed into the Earth. This was when the earth was completely molten, so it knocked some of the lava off the Earth to form a ring around it. Over time that ring crashed together to form the moon.
Describe a collision ring theory?
The Collision Ring Theory is the hypothesis concerning the moons origin. Scientists theorize that a massive, planet-sized object struck Earth 63 million years ago, when the space around the Earth was full of rocky debris, resulting in ejected material to form a ring around the still young Earth. The material around the Earth fused into one orbital satellite known as the moon due to the laws of gravity. Parts of the outside layer of the Earth broke off and later were pulled together to form the moon
What company logo has a picture of the earth inside a red circle with a yellow ring around it?
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