Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study suggests

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Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore apart.

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466 million years is recent. And short. Could such structure exist with the tide of the moon? Was the tide any stronger at that time? Was the moon always locked?

I’m guessing to be wrecked up and out there, the rock would have to be soft, or a sand pile. Not much to reach the surface. No large impacts.

There might be other factors and reasons for the locations of the studied impacts.

It might take 466 million years just to establish a ring.

Are rings caught and aligned, or are rings spewed out?