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To: Lazamataz

Jupiter does have rings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Jupiter

Also, Jupiter’s moons are mostly very small, but those small moons are mostly moving in retrograde orbits, which means, gravitational capture, and eventual kersplat into Jupiter. Most satellites in prograde orbits will, through tidal transfer of momentum, gradually get pushed off off and away.


6 posted on 03/30/2016 3:48:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Single Planets (Put a Ring On It).

I wonder if any dinosaurs ever vacationed on the moons of Saturn?


26 posted on 03/30/2016 10:12:07 PM PDT by Rastus (The next president will be Trump or Hillary. Vote accordingly.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I read once, long ago in some astronomy book, the our Moon, though presently getting farther away, slowly, will at some point begin an inward spiral that will inevitably get to the point of tearing apart through gravity and Earth will have a set of rings!..........................


37 posted on 04/01/2016 10:03:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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