[extropy-chat] Ring question

[Amara Graps]

You're welcome, but you know that an extensive ring system 
like Saturn's  probably could  not  have formed around the Earth, 
right?  (our  planet is not massive enough).

Amara

Henrique Moraes Machado hemm at openlink.com.br, 
Tue Apr 12 07:16:57 MDT 2005: 

>Thanks for the answers. I was thinking about Saturn like
>rings.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amara Graps" <Amara.Graps at ifsi.rm.cnr.it>
To: <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 5:18 PM
Subject: [extropy-chat] Ring question (was question for Amara)


> (Henrique Moraes Machad asked about seeing an
> Earth's ring from Earth; the different ways it might be
> visible and how that would affect things like the weather.)
> 
> But what kind of ring ? Like Saturn's? Jupiter's? It
> depends on the number density (how many particles per