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In our solar system yes, but heres why.

The ability for a planet to turn an orbiting body into dust that would become a ring is called the "Roche Limit." Any moon or large asteroid within this range of the planet will be torn up by tidal forces until it becomes a ring.

The thing that determines the Roche Limit is the planet's gravity and the tensile strength of the orbiting object. The higher the gravity is, the larger the limit, and the stronger the object, the closer it can be to the planet.

The Gas Giants all have large gravitational forces, which allows them to have a much larger Roche Limit. This increases the chances that a moon will fall inside that limit.

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