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Re:NASAs Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of... by jug6ernaut on Friday December 21, 2012 @11:48AM (#4953406)
It is theorized that earth at one time had rings, but that they later coalesced into what is now our moon.

It is also theorized that the reason that the reason why Saturn's rings do not do this(though this could just a matter of time that we are now viewing them at) is because they are prodomonantly ice crystals which constantly bounce into each other breaking and re-freezing. IE why we can see them at all(reflective surfaces on the ice) rather then them be covered with dirt & dust and rendering them unreflective.

Further more to your question I "think" any planet or even any object could have rings, its just there are many factors that go into play and singularly it is REALLY hard to see them, and we only have our galaxy where we would be able to tell if an object did or didn't have them.

Re:NASAs Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of... by natex on Friday December 21, 2012 @01:15PM (#4953782)
"It is theorized that earth at one time had rings, but that they later coalesced into what is now our moon."

Indeed. (1997 Nature article) http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v389/n6649/full/389353a...

Re:NASAs Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of... by Nick_C on Monday December 24, 2012 @05:55AM (#4962503)
Also, almost by definition the rocky planets are the small inner ones. If they had rings and there was also a gas giant, the gravity perturbations from the giant would probably disrupt the rings fairly quickly.

[Probably too late, but for anyone reading this later.]