%0 Journal Article
%T The Origin of Rings
%A Mark Linick
%J Journal of High Energy Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology
%P 19-27
%@ 2380-4335
%D 2025
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jhepgc.2025.111003
%X The origin of rings is one of the final arguments in a series explaining solar system formation. Liquid moons placed in circular orbits close to the planet (inside the Roche limit) will deposit ring material as they migrate. Once outside the limit, moons retain this material. Finally, the shape of the moon, Pan, is explained, using the same mechanism that forms rings.
%K Liquid
%K Moons
%K Roche Limit
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=138767