Did Saturn's satellites collapse and then reconstruct?

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I hear that saturn satellites collapsed because of an incident or s.th like this and then because of their gravity they reconstructed again.
what do you think or know about it?!
 
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I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. What do you mean by "Saturn's satellites collapsed"? What does "reconstruct" mean here?
 
a collision with s.th else cause one of the saturn's satellite to collapse.
and then the gravity packed (united)the parts again so it still is a satellite but with cracks
 
nzahra_ghasemi said:
a collision with s.th else cause one of the saturn's satellite to collapse.
and then the gravity packed (united)the parts again so it still is a satellite but with cracks

Well, it's possible that a collision would cause the satellite to be broken into many pieces. These pieces might then form a disk around Saturn in which new objects could form. I'm not familiar with this specific theory, however.
 
nzahra_ghasemi said:
a collision with s.th else cause one of the saturn's satellite to collapse.
and then the gravity packed (united)the parts again so it still is a satellite but with cracks

Could you possibly be thinking of
Miranda, a satellite of Uranus?
 
Or something to do with the rings, and the various ring moons?
 
Tethys has a large impact crater that records a blow that must have almost disrupted the entire moon. Mimas has one even larger in proportion to Mimas's diameter. It has been suggested that Mimas may have been disrupted by a strike that was larger still, with the material then recoalescing into the present satellite. This is all very speculative.
 
I think Janus is on the right track.
 
yes Janus can be usefull ,thanks