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How do planets get rings?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Is Saturn Keeping Its Rings?

Saturn might be losing its moons as its gravity pulls these little bits into it. Or they could also be quite stable, right? Even if they are new, they could still be stable if they ended up in the right spot. There's a really far out ring called the E ring, which probably is being constantly replenished by geysers from one of Saturn's moons. So you've got like a sprinkler system that is keeping these rings alive.

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