If gravity works by pulling everything to a single point (planets centre), then what’s keeping the rings on their specific axis? Shouldn’t it be an even layer of debris around the planet?
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I believe, unless this has changed, one hypothesis was that the physically material that makes up the rings [which is ice crystals?] came from one of the various moons the planet has.
The moon(s) has/had some sort of “geyser” which is/was spewing water material out into space, caused by the moon itself interacting with the planets gravity pull [causing a stretch type effect on the moon itself, heating up the inner area’s of the moon, causing the ice underneath to liquify and burst upwards once the pressure had built up]. This water then became stuck in orbit around the planet, frozen due to the vacuum of space. And over millions of years, grew to the size they are now.
I hope I’ve explained that correctly
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