A large moon destroyed by Saturn may be responsible for the planet's distinctive rings, a new study suggests.
apart about 160 million years ago, forming Saturn's rings.
According to the researchers, the moon broke apart after it grazed Saturn, with 99% of the moon falling into the planet's atmosphere and the other 1% creating the planet's rings.“It’s a pretty good story, but like any other result, it will have to be examined by others,” MIT's Jack Wisdom, one of the authors of the study said in aBackground:Saturn is about 4.5 billion years old.
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