Russian scientist suggests a hypothesis, allowing satisfying description for mechanisms of origin and evolution of Saturn rings and, possibly, other circular structures of the Solar system.

Saturn rings could have appeared after "switching on" of giant planet's magnetic field as a result of interaction between superconducting particles of the protoplanetary cloud and magnetic field.



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Rings of Saturn

Said interaction caused superconducting particles (containing water ice in unusual condition) to concentrate on dip equatorial plane as a disk-shaped system of rings, where total energy of particles is minimal.

The scientist says his research concerns only Saturn rings, however, suggested hypothesis explains rings near all other planets with magnetic fiels, thus promising to become a theory. More details on the research are available in "Astrophysics and space science" magazine.