A question about the Satturn rings.

[pixel01]

Hi all, my question is:
-Are there any possibillities that the rings around Satturn will become satellites one day?
Thank you.

 

[Janus]

No. The rings are inside of the Roche limit. IOW, they are close enough to Saturn that tidal forces are too strong to allow them to collect into a single body. It is even possible that they were formed by a satellite that moved in too close to Saturn and was torn apart by these tidal forces.

 

[andrewj]

No. The rings are inside of the Roche limit. IOW, they are close enough to Saturn that tidal forces are too strong to allow them to collect into a single body. It is even possible that they were formed by a satellite that moved in too close to Saturn and was torn apart by these tidal forces.

im sorry but in future events the rings around saturn could be torn away from its orbit and eventually form into a satellite around jupiter

 

[pixel01]

im sorry but in future events the rings around saturn could be torn away from its orbit and eventually form into a satellite around jupiter

Could you please explain more in detail?

 

[Janus]

im sorry but in future events the rings around saturn could be torn away from its orbit and eventually form into a satellite around jupiter

Do you have a source for this info? I know of no mechanism that could remove Saturn's rings and cause them to recollect as a satellite of Jupiter.