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Will Saturn's rings eventually coalesce, much like our moon coalesced around Earth?

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Will Saturn's rings eventually coalesce, much like our moon coalesced around Earth?

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  1. No, they are so close to Saturn that they are within the "tidal breakup radius" for the planet.  In other words, if you put a moon in the same orbit as the rings, and you expected self-gravity to hold the moon together (as opposed to mechanical forces), then the moon would come apart under the tidal influence of Saturn and become a ring.

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