you know, like saturn has rings around it.. so what about earth? how many rings do we have? is the moon caught on one of the rings?
2007-05-21 13:15:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There are no rings around the Earth. The moon stays in orbit because of the Earth's gravitational pull.
2007-05-21 13:20:21 · answer #1 · answered by widget j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth currently has no rings. The moon keeps the Earth's area ring-free.
2007-05-21 13:42:48 · answer #2 · answered by Richard D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no rings of dust, pebbles, or chunks of rock circling the Earth as there are on Saturn and Jupiter. If there were, we would not be able to have sattelites up in space, or easily launch rockets with space probes going all over the place. The debris in those suggested rings would zapp those rockets and space probes in a heart beat.
2007-05-21 16:05:37 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. For now.
Sometime in the far future, it is possible that the moon will be drawn in close enough to be broken apart by the earth's gravity. But until then, there is no ring, nor will there be - the moon helps act as a "sweeper" collecting any stray space junk that crosses its orbit.
2007-05-21 14:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by Adam G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't have any rings - we would see them from earth if we did. But with all the satellites and debris we keep putting in orbit, we probably will have some faint rings eventually.
2007-05-21 13:26:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
simply put it, no.
2007-05-21 13:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. Eddie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋