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A rocky planet with rings around it (i think its a bug)
ElectricalEelDate: Friday, 27.02.2015, 23:44 | Message # 1
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Shouldnt this be impossible? as rocky planets have a magnetic field thats too weak to hold rings
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DoctorOfSpaceDate: Saturday, 28.02.2015, 01:04 | Message # 2
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Quote ElectricalEel ()
a magnetic field thats too weak to hold rings


Magnetic fields have nothing to do with it.

We have found asteroids in our solar system with rings.



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ElectricalEelDate: Saturday, 28.02.2015, 07:41 | Message # 3
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Magnetic fields have nothing to do with it.

We have found asteroids in our solar system with rings.


Sure,even earth after the body that formed the moon hit it had rings (mostly debris from the collision).

but they were very very faint

i want you to find me a terrestrial body that has rings that thick (protip:you can't,because they don't exist)

(if you do find one ill give you an internet cookie angry )
 
Donatelo200Date: Saturday, 28.02.2015, 08:08 | Message # 4
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How about Chariklo?



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ElectricalEelDate: Saturday, 28.02.2015, 08:20 | Message # 5
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How about Chariklo?


Darn it,have my cookies dry
 
DoctorOfSpaceDate: Saturday, 28.02.2015, 08:30 | Message # 6
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Quote Donatelo200 ()
How about Chariklo?

Quote DoctorOfSpace ()
asteroids in our solar system with rings


Literally what I was talking about.

A Google search would've shown you
https://www.google.com/search?....wgsyldQ

Quote ElectricalEel ()
i want you to find me a terrestrial body that has rings that thick (protip:you can't,because they don't exist)


Which again means if an asteroid/minor planet/small body/whatever you want to call it can have rings then it is safe to assume anything larger can also have rings.

I have no need to prove or find anything as I am not making any claims. You on the other hand are claiming they don't exist so the burden of proof falls on you.



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ElectricalEelDate: Saturday, 28.02.2015, 09:27 | Message # 7
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Quote DoctorOfSpace ()
Which again means if an asteroid/minor planet/small body/whatever you want to call it can have rings then it is safe to assume anything larger can also have rings.

I have no need to prove or find anything as I am not making any claims. You on the other hand are claiming they don't exist so the burden of proof falls on you.


Alright,i admit it i didn't really know about charliko

so you can chalk it up to my scientific ignorance

learn something new everyday

Edited by ElectricalEel - Saturday, 28.02.2015, 09:30
 
NielzDate: Saturday, 28.02.2015, 23:02 | Message # 8
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If a rocky planet can hold one or more large moons, then why not millions of tiny ones? wink
 
WatsisnameDate: Saturday, 28.02.2015, 23:35 | Message # 9
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Easiest way to find out if an object can support a ring system is to check the size of it's Hill Sphere, or sphere of gravitational influence. This is larger for a more massive and dense object, but it is also larger if it is farther from whatever parent body it orbits (planet, star, or whatever). It's hard for planets to support rings if they are very close to their stars, but a small asteroid can easily support rings if it orbits much farther out.

This is also part of the reason why the outer solar system planets support enormous moon systems, while the inner planets do not. Orbital distance is as much a factor as their masses are.



 
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