Multiple Choice
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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