Saturn's rings gave birth to moons

[unlearningthemistakes]

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/space/SpaceRepublish_1533866.htm<br /><br /><br /><i>Saturn's six icy moons may have formed from gases cast off from the planet's trademark rings millions of years ago </i> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>pain is inevitable</p><p>suffering is optional </p> </div>

 

[bonzelite]

saturn itself could have borne the moons, and the moons then fed the rings. <br />or the moons and rings both were created as ejecta from saturn. <br /><br />just guessing.

 

[CalliArcale]

Or some combination of the above. Moons could have formed in situ at the same time Saturn did, then collided and fragmented, producing a ring system, which later gave birth to new moons, which fed the rings with material, and so on.<br /><br />It could be a lot more dynamic than we tend to think.<br /><br />I love rings. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> Check out the thread on Uranus' new rings; that's cool! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>