Saturn's rings probably formed through
A) asteroid impacts on Saturn's moons during the Late Heavy Bombardment.
B) the breakup of a satellite that spiraled too close to the planet.
C) stripping of Saturn's atmosphere by the solar wind.
D) the capture of many comets within the planet's Roche limit.

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The most widely accepted theory for the formation of Saturn's rings is that they formed from the breakup of a moon or moons that spiraled too close to Saturn. When these moons came within Saturn's Roche limit, tidal forces exceeded the gravitational forces holding the moon together, causing it to break apart and form the rings.

Saturn's Rings Probably Formed Through