@@ScienceAsylumhey I got a question, if space is expanding then what's it expanding into; what is on the outside of space. If it's nothing but space then shouldn't there be an always has been situation on the size of space? Maybe the expansion is just because matter and things hasn't always been around?
@@iamjimgroth Don't worry. I'm not saying I'm going to start putting out crap or anything. It's just that not all topics _require_ the same amount of effort or time. I'm trying to be better at knowing when to stop "perfecting" a video (because, at some point, there are diminishing returns and I'm wasting time/effort).
@@ScienceAsylum it can even be negative returns if you don't know when to stop. Btw, that rock on the surface analogy was awesome. I've always had a hard time explaining tidal forces, but now I think I can. 😁
I come for the science! I stay for the humor! Actually chuckled when voyager flew by and the "wheeeeeee!". Keep it up and look forward to another 10 years!
An electron is speeding down the highway and gets stopped by a traffic cop. "Do you know how fast you were going?" asked the cop. "I have no idea." replied the electron. "You were going 98 miles per hour." said the cop. "Great! Now I am lost!" complained the elctron.
@@ScienceAsylum Btw I just realized. Tidal forces can also be thought of as a tug of war between the gravity of the planet and the gravity of the satellite. Wait, I'm pretty sure you said something similar in your video on Lagrange points. An object halfway (gravitationally) between the moon and the earth would be equally pulled in both directions and thus remain motionless. It's the same pattern. Except that the object is well, the part of the moon closest to the planet. It's being pulled in two opposite directions: upward toward the planet and downward toward the moon. I was wondering about this apparent contradiction regarding how gravity can tear things apart when it's only attractive. Turns out, when you have different centers of gravity (pun intended), you can get ripped apart if you get caught in the middle. This also explains why once the moon disintegrates into rings, it becomes stable. The orbiting particles no longer have self-gravity and thus there is nothing to oppose the gravitational pull of the planet. Hmm but wait. If self-gravity is the cause of tidal force, then how can people get spaghettified near black holes? People aren't held together by their own gravity 🤔
Hey Nick. What if you consider a system where a planet like earth has rings but has moons that keep it in check like Saturn. That would be a cool follow up video topic. Also the rings could be pale compared to Saturn unless the rings are formed from a material similar to the moon soil.
I think a better question to address this curiosity would be; what if Saturn and all it's orbital objects (moons and rings) were scaled down to earth's size. Would the orbits still function the same? I would think the rings would be much shorter lived in that case.
Would be a magnificent view?, absolutly sure. Luckly earth don't have rings .. or say goodbye to our modern society. No GPS, maps, telecomunication's nightmare, no idea about weather, climate change, etc, etc . .. ....... plus permanent risk of falling asteroids.
Loved this and it’s a good explanation, but didn’t get into what happens if the body passes quickly through the Roche limit such as an asteroid with an orbital trajectory intercepting Earth. In this scenario it may not break up, and even if it slightly disintegrated, all of the mass would still smash into Earth. As another example, let’s say a huge asteroid collided with the moon with enough force and the perfect angle so as to stop the moon from orbiting Earth. So if the moon was stationary with respect to Earth and started falling into the gravity well of Earth, would it break up? I mean, it wouldn’t matter because we’d still die but I do wonder… 🤔
As usual, awesome video with your clear explanations! What do you think is going on with Quaoar's recently-discovered rings, which orbit outside of its Roche limit?
There could be several reasons. Most of Saturn's rings are outside their Roche limit, but Saturn has those Shepherd moons to help keep things in place. Also, collisions can cause rings. It doesn't have be tidal disruption (like with Phobos). So it's possible a couple large rocks collided near Quaoar and we just happened to catch the rings while they're still there.
I only knew planetary rings existed, not their nature. Turns out the explanation is surprisingly simple. And yes, it would be; the distances aren't cosmology-big. :)
Makes you wonder if our moon had a major impact that makes a temporary ring structure, which in turn would block a ton of sunlight, plunging us into an ice age...
The Earth... /kinda/ has rings. We're putting them up there, and they are in multiple planes, but they exist, and more and more are showing up every year.
No rings? Wellll, we _are_ kinda working on a little Glitter Band* with our satellites... (Book nerd points for anyone who gets that reference) * Nope, _not_ the rock group
@@sskpsp still, quite likely, considerably more difficult, maybe even to the point of such lack of viability/process being so resource straining, that GPS could still remain a military-only system or the luxury of the wealthiest due to sheer cost of placing the satellite in proper location and on proper course, due to: - need of "detour" ("from the path we could take if the rings were not an issue")/less favorable and more elaborate to reach and maintain final position - upkeep - necessity of considerably more durable construction - and simply calculating into the price of the current launch at least a partial cost of inevitable (likely quick to come) future replacement, because things really, truly need to be AT LEAST cost effective, preferably profitable As usual, things are all fine and dandy until potentially mundane consequences receive more than a split second of an afterthought. "So cool we have those rings that are actually pretty great to gaze upon every night, truly a marvel. Oh, look, another of our satellite missions literally went down in flames just now. A thirtieth this decade, good we're doing it all unmanned for quite some time. A shooting star, make a wish! Ahhhhhh.... Nice."
Also, imagine the utterly unfathomable - in potential span and chaos - clusterf- of ancient mythology. The Sun, Moon and "Seven Stars" (or however many was in which mythical 'consciousness' at which point in time) is quite manageable (in and even without comparison) and likely less terror inducing than uncountable swarm of nearby space rocks. Quite entertaining to think how the ancients would have handled this, but I suspect that what actually happened is a more preferable scenario in this aspect as well.
Title Suggestion: “Jupiter has rings!!! - Here’s how they got there“ I don’t think it’s a well known fact that Jupiter has rings and is familiar enough to be shocking to the general public.
Thanks for the suggestion, but that title would be misleading. I barely talk about Jupiter in this video. Plus, Jupiter's rings are primarily caused by micro-meteor collisions, not a moon falling inside the Roche limit. "Jupiter has rings!!! - Here’s how they got there." is a great title.... for a different video.
@@ScienceAsylum Yeah I can see that and largely agree. My only subtle argument would be to think of the original Vsauce videos. The titles of those videos are often more like jumping off points for Michael to move from topic to topic using word play to jump around. I always felt those videos found success because they keep the viewers interests so frequently, peppering them with so many different interesting things that it never really mattered that he didn't stay on topic of the video title and thumbnail. I still think you're right, I just want to point out I think there is some value in not worrying about clearly conveying the content of the video contained within the title. I just always look back to that veritasium video analyzing clickbait and how truly effective it is. I admit overall your subject matter is more difficult to title than most topics, which is sad because science is by far the most interesting topic any human could ever pay attention to. Thanks for doing what you do, every video is a learning experience.
Great video. I didn’t know before that Saturn’s rings will disappear one day. Love the videos with the time line. Also quite liked the voyager sound effect 😊
Came back to this video after reading about a recent (2024) study suggesting that Earth may have had a ring back in the Ordovician, when an asteroid got close enough to Earth to break apart and turn into one. This ring system may have lasted for almost 40M years before crashing down, which could've been the Ordovician impact spike. The meteorites being once a ring could explain the unique distribution of the craters in the equator. The shading by the ring could've also caused the early Paleozoic ice age. No definitive proof yet, but an interesting theory nonetheless.
Very good explanation of planetary rings, satellites, and the working of the Roche limit. The details of Saturn Ring gatekeepers is an important detail added to the lecture. Thanks, Anthony
I don't see time as part of the equation? Presumably a fast moving object could stay intact if it's not inside the limit for very long? It seems to me that's part of why comets remain intact (usually) during a close pass.
That's true. If impact happens quickly, it won't have time to break apart. That's why we discuss this in terms of moons or "satellites" instead of objects more broadly. Decaying orbits are slow.
Only found out about this video, because of the rant in the other one. Even though I watched all your videos for years, youtube really thought this one won't be my taste.
We can estimate how much mass is in the rings. Given that, it's possible it was the result of _several_ breakups. We're not entirely sure about everything regarding Saturn's rings.
Wait⁉️ 🤔 u said Saturn ring is within the Roche Limit, then u said there r larger moons inside the ring ⁉️ How come ⁉️ Why the larger moon didn’t turn into ring too⁉️ 🤔
The limit depends on the size of the orbiting object. A smaller moon can orbit in a region where a bigger one was ripped apart. The moons are larger than the rocks of the ring, not necessarily larger than the object that formed the rings in the first place.
I like the story about how Galileo tried to communicate his discovery of Saturn's rings to Kepler through a coded message, only for Kepler to get it wrong and mistakenly read it as his discovering Mars having two moons.
The downside of rings around Earth would be the reflected light providing extra heating on some portions of the globe and shadows on other portions. It would sure complicate our seasons or at least accentuate them. I'd love to hear you discuss that situation.
While I'm not a big fan of geoengineering solutions to global warming, I'd totally get behind an artificial Earth ring system as a sun shade just for the spectacle of the thing. 😄
It feels like rings would be more interesting, but honestly if we got used to seeing rings, we would complain we dont have a moon while pther planets do.
One interesting fact about rings is that if earth had them, it would be plainly obvious by the naked eye that earth is a sphere. You could literally see its round shadow on the rings at night.
Wait so is it possible that the earth did have some rings at some point but they already disappeared? You said that if earth had rings they would have already disappeared by now. Certainly the collision sent enough material far enough away to create our moon, but what are the chances that some of that material stayed close enough to create rings as well, even if they were small? Is there any evidence that could be possible?
*"Wait so is it possible that the earth did have some rings at some point but they already disappeared?"* Yes, that's absolutely possible. I don't think there's any way to know though (without time travel).
To think that every part of the collision that "created the moon" was flung beyond the Roche Limit, leaving a perfectly empty, ringless zone inside it, seems kind of improbable to me. Further, if there WAS previously a ring which eventually fell into Earth's constitution, then shouldn't there be ample evidence of it in the form of a ring-mountain on Earth's surface?
This explanation of tidal forces and the Roche limit really rings with me.
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It wasn't too big a stretch to follow along.
these puns are really starting to fall apart
@@ScienceAsylumhey I got a question, if space is expanding then what's it expanding into; what is on the outside of space. If it's nothing but space then shouldn't there be an always has been situation on the size of space? Maybe the expansion is just because matter and things hasn't always been around?
We have rings of techno rocks orbiting the Earth.
The satellites?
Lol techno rocks. Boom boom boom chicka chicka
@@blackmewtwo3569 The moon is a satellite 🤓
@@Broockle did satellite first describe natural bodies or orbiting spacecraft?
Serious question, btw
@@lemagicbaguette1917
Just anything in Orbit.
A falling rock is a satellite until it hits the floor 😆
Woa.... I'm only 41 years old and we didn't know that Neptune had rings when I was born!! 😲
It's easy to forget that science is STILL happening!
Right?! So many things we take for granted now in science are much more recent discoveries than we imagine.
40 yo here and that was my same exact reaction 😂
I'd be cool if you made a video on Saturn's moons. The closer you stare, the more physics you find behind the cosmic beauty
We were missing you Nick. Please keep uploading great videos as this one.
We've come up with a plan for the second half of the year that should allow for more videos than usual.
@@ScienceAsylum Quality before quantity. That's what I'd prefer anyway. 😅
@@iamjimgroth They always are and will be of great quality.
@@iamjimgroth Don't worry. I'm not saying I'm going to start putting out crap or anything. It's just that not all topics _require_ the same amount of effort or time. I'm trying to be better at knowing when to stop "perfecting" a video (because, at some point, there are diminishing returns and I'm wasting time/effort).
@@ScienceAsylum it can even be negative returns if you don't know when to stop.
Btw, that rock on the surface analogy was awesome. I've always had a hard time explaining tidal forces, but now I think I can. 😁
Can you imagine the night sky with rings?
Not like I could see it anyway with all the light pollution.
I'm lucky if I see a star!
If you can see the Moon, then you could see the rings. During the day, even!
can you imagine space travel with bands of debris around the equator
I live under the clouds west of Seattle, the stars are a myth
@@davidvavra9113 😆
I come for the science! I stay for the humor! Actually chuckled when voyager flew by and the "wheeeeeee!". Keep it up and look forward to another 10 years!
An electron is speeding down the highway and gets stopped by a traffic cop.
"Do you know how fast you were going?" asked the cop.
"I have no idea." replied the electron.
"You were going 98 miles per hour." said the cop.
"Great! Now I am lost!" complained the elctron.
That beginning Big Bang joke never gets old! 😂
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so basically, the moon gets spaghettified and this is the same process that makes accretion disks out of stars around black Holes.
Yep. The black hole version is just more extreme.
This video rings so true. Maybe if Mars finally proposed to Earth it'd finally have a ring.
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Someday soon we might have artificial rings around Earth... once a few satellites collide and their debris start a chain reaction. 😨
LOl I never exaggerate size for clarity... haha, the stuff you slide in to these talks is scandalous nick! 😂😂
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It's OK to exaggerate sizes for clarity, as long as this does not come across as a stretch. And, by the way, Earth used to have rings (and hobbits)...
Keep it secret, keep it safe.
Did I click like before watching, or did I watch it backwards and then click like? Which way did t go??
Also, "to the timeline!!"
The molecular forces part blew my mind. I was about to ask just that. Thank you for giving us the complete picture, Nick 😊
Yeah, I was reading about it and was, like, "Wait, what?! Weird."
@@ScienceAsylum Btw I just realized. Tidal forces can also be thought of as a tug of war between the gravity of the planet and the gravity of the satellite. Wait, I'm pretty sure you said something similar in your video on Lagrange points. An object halfway (gravitationally) between the moon and the earth would be equally pulled in both directions and thus remain motionless. It's the same pattern. Except that the object is well, the part of the moon closest to the planet. It's being pulled in two opposite directions: upward toward the planet and downward toward the moon.
I was wondering about this apparent contradiction regarding how gravity can tear things apart when it's only attractive. Turns out, when you have different centers of gravity (pun intended), you can get ripped apart if you get caught in the middle.
This also explains why once the moon disintegrates into rings, it becomes stable. The orbiting particles no longer have self-gravity and thus there is nothing to oppose the gravitational pull of the planet.
Hmm but wait. If self-gravity is the cause of tidal force, then how can people get spaghettified near black holes? People aren't held together by their own gravity 🤔
Fantastic video. I had only ever heard of the rigid Roche limit before, so it was really interesting to hear about the elastic limit.
Hey Nick. What if you consider a system where a planet like earth has rings but has moons that keep it in check like Saturn. That would be a cool follow up video topic.
Also the rings could be pale compared to Saturn unless the rings are formed from a material similar to the moon soil.
I think a better question to address this curiosity would be; what if Saturn and all it's orbital objects (moons and rings) were scaled down to earth's size.
Would the orbits still function the same?
I would think the rings would be much shorter lived in that case.
so we start capturing near-earth asteroids, mine the metals out, and put the rest in the LaGrange points and _make_ some
Would be a magnificent view?, absolutly sure.
Luckly earth don't have rings .. or say goodbye to our modern society. No GPS, maps, telecomunication's nightmare, no idea about weather, climate change, etc, etc . .. ....... plus permanent risk of falling asteroids.
Loved this and it’s a good explanation, but didn’t get into what happens if the body passes quickly through the Roche limit such as an asteroid with an orbital trajectory intercepting Earth. In this scenario it may not break up, and even if it slightly disintegrated, all of the mass would still smash into Earth. As another example, let’s say a huge asteroid collided with the moon with enough force and the perfect angle so as to stop the moon from orbiting Earth. So if the moon was stationary with respect to Earth and started falling into the gravity well of Earth, would it break up? I mean, it wouldn’t matter because we’d still die but I do wonder… 🤔
There will be a ring eventually with all the space junk.
As usual, awesome video with your clear explanations! What do you think is going on with Quaoar's recently-discovered rings, which orbit outside of its Roche limit?
There could be several reasons. Most of Saturn's rings are outside their Roche limit, but Saturn has those Shepherd moons to help keep things in place. Also, collisions can cause rings. It doesn't have be tidal disruption (like with Phobos). So it's possible a couple large rocks collided near Quaoar and we just happened to catch the rings while they're still there.
The Earth will have rings soon enough if we keep putting "space junk" up there. 😯🚀🛰😂
5:19 why does that rock starts revolving around planet instead of falling straight (directly) into it
Because it was already revolving around the planet, the moon is already revolving around the planet.
Technically, it takes 10s of millions of years. Think of it like a time lapse: one picture every time the moon gets back to that spot in its orbit.
No, we don’t want the Majora’s Mask situation on earth 😂
COMMENT FOR THE ALGORITHM!
ENGAGEMENT!
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I only knew planetary rings existed, not their nature. Turns out the explanation is surprisingly simple.
And yes, it would be; the distances aren't cosmology-big. :)
Makes you wonder if our moon had a major impact that makes a temporary ring structure, which in turn would block a ton of sunlight, plunging us into an ice age...
This might explain the ‘great dying’. Besides a gamma ray burst I don’t think there are any good hypotheses for the cause.
@@cyrilio I would think there may be traces of it in the geologic record. But has anyone taken a look? That's what popped into my mind.
Lunar rings wouldn't block out the Sun any more than the Moon already does (barring eclipses), unless they were absurdly huge.
Is that one of Nicole's @SoundoftheForest "It's a fancy bag" shirts?👀
Yep! That's exactly what it is 🙂
The Earth... /kinda/ has rings. We're putting them up there, and they are in multiple planes, but they exist, and more and more are showing up every year.
No rings? Wellll, we _are_ kinda working on a little Glitter Band* with our satellites... (Book nerd points for anyone who gets that reference)
* Nope, _not_ the rock group
Earth knows how valuable she is. She's waiting for the perfect gentleman that will put a ring on her.
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Nick: "I'm going to exaggerate sizes...which is something I've never, ever done before."
Emily: ...
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Where are Earth's rings? We're building them now with all the stuff we've put into low Earch Orbit.
How it started: trying to turn space junk into earth's rings
How it's going: Kessler syndrome
Earth will 100% have rings in the future. Via satellite and space debris from us
The roche limit! It sounds cool!
"Earth should have had rings", says the human race, and launches hundreds of satelites into geostationary orbit, all in a very very thing ring
Wouldn't having rings make launching satellites more difficult?
Yeah pretty much
I imagine you can go around them
@@sskpsp still, quite likely, considerably more difficult, maybe even to the point of such lack of viability/process being so resource straining, that GPS could still remain a military-only system or the luxury of the wealthiest due to sheer cost of placing the satellite in proper location and on proper course, due to:
- need of "detour" ("from the path we could take if the rings were not an issue")/less favorable and more elaborate to reach and maintain final position
- upkeep
- necessity of considerably more durable construction
- and simply calculating into the price of the current launch at least a partial cost of inevitable (likely quick to come) future replacement, because things really, truly need to be AT LEAST cost effective, preferably profitable
As usual, things are all fine and dandy until potentially mundane consequences receive more than a split second of an afterthought.
"So cool we have those rings that are actually pretty great to gaze upon every night, truly a marvel.
Oh, look, another of our satellite missions literally went down in flames just now. A thirtieth this decade, good we're doing it all unmanned for quite some time.
A shooting star, make a wish!
Ahhhhhh....
Nice."
Also, imagine the utterly unfathomable - in potential span and chaos - clusterf- of ancient mythology.
The Sun, Moon and "Seven Stars" (or however many was in which mythical 'consciousness' at which point in time) is quite manageable (in and even without comparison) and likely less terror inducing than uncountable swarm of nearby space rocks.
Quite entertaining to think how the ancients would have handled this, but I suspect that what actually happened is a more preferable scenario in this aspect as well.
@@UrsusSuperior44 they might see it more as a veil or sky-river or something?
Title Suggestion: “Jupiter has rings!!! - Here’s how they got there“ I don’t think it’s a well known fact that Jupiter has rings and is familiar enough to be shocking to the general public.
Thanks for the suggestion, but that title would be misleading. I barely talk about Jupiter in this video. Plus, Jupiter's rings are primarily caused by micro-meteor collisions, not a moon falling inside the Roche limit. "Jupiter has rings!!! - Here’s how they got there." is a great title.... for a different video.
@@ScienceAsylum Yeah I can see that and largely agree. My only subtle argument would be to think of the original Vsauce videos. The titles of those videos are often more like jumping off points for Michael to move from topic to topic using word play to jump around. I always felt those videos found success because they keep the viewers interests so frequently, peppering them with so many different interesting things that it never really mattered that he didn't stay on topic of the video title and thumbnail.
I still think you're right, I just want to point out I think there is some value in not worrying about clearly conveying the content of the video contained within the title. I just always look back to that veritasium video analyzing clickbait and how truly effective it is.
I admit overall your subject matter is more difficult to title than most topics, which is sad because science is by far the most interesting topic any human could ever pay attention to. Thanks for doing what you do, every video is a learning experience.
Liked the video just cause of the Majora's Mask reference! 10/10
Coming back to rewatch, like and comment. Let’s boost the algorithm.
Don't earth got a ring of trash...😮
we will have space garbage rings
Everyone who's thinking what he said
So he said( bu*lsh*t)
Earth DOES have ring"s its called space junk.
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0:19 Well if we continue to dump lots of debris in space, we will get our ring eventually.
I guess the universe didn't like it 😢
Or just never heard Beyoncé
Don't worry, we're working to correct this, with all the space debris.
Your vids are wicked awesome! 😅
😆 Thanks!
I could see rings of space trash forming someday.. or an astriod getting ripped to shreds as it passes by earth
You sir are amazing, kid-friendly, immersive content, and highly educational. Thank you! I'm now subscribed
I'm glad you found the channel! Welcome 🤓
Exaggerating sizes for clarity sometimes leads to scale envy. 😅
Great video. I didn’t know before that Saturn’s rings will disappear one day. Love the videos with the time line. Also quite liked the voyager sound effect 😊
Love the majors mask reference! 😄 great video 👍
Thanks!
3:17 Nick challenges M for the title of Awkward.
Before watching: in part likely both figuratively and literally, in your nearby jewelry store, mined refined cast shaped and shined
"Uranus has rings", don't tell me about that...
I'VE MISSED YOU. sorry to be gone so long
Nope. Shouldn't. Our moon is awesome.
Came back to this video after reading about a recent (2024) study suggesting that Earth may have had a ring back in the Ordovician, when an asteroid got close enough to Earth to break apart and turn into one.
This ring system may have lasted for almost 40M years before crashing down, which could've been the Ordovician impact spike. The meteorites being once a ring could explain the unique distribution of the craters in the equator. The shading by the ring could've also caused the early Paleozoic ice age.
No definitive proof yet, but an interesting theory nonetheless.
Doctor Lucid! Long time no see!
Before I watch your video..
No rings here, just you wait till we get enough basura espacial allá arriba
I took a little vacation after my live stream last month. Should be back in action now though.
This video was brilliant, pun intended.
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We have rings of satellites and space junk.
Very good explanation of planetary rings, satellites, and the working of the Roche limit.
The details of Saturn Ring gatekeepers is an important detail added to the lecture.
Thanks,
Anthony
So. Cool. This is awesome and I do want to one day visit Saturn's rings
Excellent pronunciation of "Huygens"! I've been saying it wrong lo these many years.
Thanks! Someone corrected me on it years ago and I've said it this way ever since.
I don't see time as part of the equation?
Presumably a fast moving object could stay intact if it's not inside the limit for very long? It seems to me that's part of why comets remain intact (usually) during a close pass.
That's true. If impact happens quickly, it won't have time to break apart. That's why we discuss this in terms of moons or "satellites" instead of objects more broadly. Decaying orbits are slow.
Loved it.
Only found out about this video, because of the rant in the other one. Even though I watched all your videos for years, youtube really thought this one won't be my taste.
The algorithm doesn't always make the best choices... at least not what's best for either of us anyway.
We have an artificial ring of satellites, so the earth has rings.
Can the Smart People look at the rings around Saturn, apply the laws of physics, and extrapolate back in time to see the moon before it disintegrated?
We can estimate how much mass is in the rings. Given that, it's possible it was the result of _several_ breakups. We're not entirely sure about everything regarding Saturn's rings.
The crazy guy on the left side is more genuine to me 😂
Wait⁉️ 🤔 u said Saturn ring is within the Roche Limit, then u said there r larger moons inside the ring ⁉️ How come ⁉️ Why the larger moon didn’t turn into ring too⁉️ 🤔
The limit depends on the size of the orbiting object. A smaller moon can orbit in a region where a bigger one was ripped apart. The moons are larger than the rocks of the ring, not necessarily larger than the object that formed the rings in the first place.
I like the story about how Galileo tried to communicate his discovery of Saturn's rings to Kepler through a coded message, only for Kepler to get it wrong and mistakenly read it as his discovering Mars having two moons.
We are creating so much space debris, who knows we may hv a visible ring someday!
Spherical cows in a vacuum. :D
The downside of rings around Earth would be the reflected light providing extra heating on some portions of the globe and shadows on other portions. It would sure complicate our seasons or at least accentuate them. I'd love to hear you discuss that situation.
While I'm not a big fan of geoengineering solutions to global warming, I'd totally get behind an artificial Earth ring system as a sun shade just for the spectacle of the thing. 😄
It feels like rings would be more interesting, but honestly if we got used to seeing rings, we would complain we dont have a moon while pther planets do.
One interesting fact about rings is that if earth had them, it would be plainly obvious by the naked eye that earth is a sphere. You could literally see its round shadow on the rings at night.
👍 for the Majora's Mask reference! 🌚
So when you call this video "Earth's Missing Rings: Where Are They? and tons of people watch it, is that an example of a title force?
😆 I would argue "yes."
We’re currently making them.
They say if you cut a planet in half and count the rings, you can tell how old it is.
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Nice video, I didn't know that Galileo had such a crude picture of the rings with his telescope
Yep! I felt like that was an important historical detail. By giving all the credit to Galileo, we miss out on how knowledge is gained _incrementally._
Very entertaining video - as usual. ... You're dancing _rings_ around the other channels!
Seems like the planet is not married yet…
Appreciate the humor... keep it up
Thanks!
I just can't stop loving you.
"I swear it was only for clarity."
I thought the Earth had no rings because it is like me, never married.
Wait so is it possible that the earth did have some rings at some point but they already disappeared? You said that if earth had rings they would have already disappeared by now. Certainly the collision sent enough material far enough away to create our moon, but what are the chances that some of that material stayed close enough to create rings as well, even if they were small? Is there any evidence that could be possible?
*"Wait so is it possible that the earth did have some rings at some point but they already disappeared?"*
Yes, that's absolutely possible. I don't think there's any way to know though (without time travel).
Particularly good yuks this round buddy, nice. 😁👍
Thanks 👍
Can you imagine how hard it would be to have stable orbiting satellites if we had rings around earth?
Ok, so maybe there would be practical problems.
We do have rings. Trash rings.
We have man made satellite rings!
Earth is the best planet, by far, and should of course have rings.
I agree that it's the best planet, but I think we're both biased 😉
Always a highlight of the day when there's a new science asylum video! Thank you for what you do sir!
3:18 yep, that's what she said lol
Could we accumulate enough space junk to coalesce rings?
You mean _artificial_ space junk? Yeah, that's possible in the distant future. I would hope we'd clean up periodically though.
To think that every part of the collision that "created the moon" was flung beyond the Roche Limit, leaving a perfectly empty, ringless zone inside it, seems kind of improbable to me.
Further, if there WAS previously a ring which eventually fell into Earth's constitution, then shouldn't there be ample evidence of it in the form of a ring-mountain on Earth's surface?