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Are Saturn's rings a safe place for adolescent space-hoppers?
Are Saturn's rings a safe place for adolescent space-hoppers?
As you know, space-hopper toys are based on the real-life creature. These are roughly balloon shaped and have two "horns".
The ...
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Can adding mass to a ringed planet cause a huge chain reaction?
I've been wondering about this for a while. Here is the research I've done so far that lead me to ask this question:
A planetary ring system is most often formed by the breakup of objects within the ...
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Implications of cigar-shaped bodies having rings?
In my Conworld's system, There is a porous asteroid large enough to be a dwarf planet (but it's mass is too small to pull it into a spherical shape) that has rings. How they got there, nobody knows. ...
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Would the Earth still need a moon if it had rings?
If the Earth had Saturn-like rings going around the equator would there still be a need for a moon? Would the rings be able to take care of the tides because of their gravity? Would the moon become ...
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