Why does Earth have no ring even after exterior body colliding with Earth and launching all the debris in space?

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Why does Earth have no ring even after exterior body colliding with Earth and launching all the debris in space?

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The collision that created the moon would have created rings too, but these tend to last thousands or millions of years, but not billions of years. The rings would have mostly formed the moon or fallen to earth over time, with a small amount escaping.

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