
How do planets get rings?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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Tidal Forces
The sun is pulling on your feet harder than it's pulling on your head. If you're near a black hole, for example, this is what we call spaghettification. You can get pulled apart into tiny little pieces. And we've seen this happen when comet Shoemaker Levy came into the solar system in the 90s. It was headed for an impact with Jupiter but before it made a near miss and Jupiter pulled it apart into 26 pieces.
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