saturns ring towers
The moon is moving so slowly in relation to the rings that gravity is
able to have an effect. They really all move together but gradually
they move in relation to each other but not too fast. Gravity has a
noticeable effect. Is this the same as the pictures that show what
looks like towers perpendicular to the rings? I hope not. I have a
theory about those. Maybe the towers are frozen remnants this effect.
I think the towers are what happens when the ring solidifies. Once a
portion of ring becomes solid it eventually breaks apart. The same
phenomena that caused it to pack down hard enough to solidify then
causes it to flip perpendicular to the ring plane and become locked into
that position. This packing continues until the ring becomes large
enough to generate it's own gravity. The gravity will continue to make
it thicker till it can no longer maintain it's ringlike shape. The
thinner portions will topple into the thicker portions like giant towers
falling to the ground.
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