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Will Saturn's ring ever disappear (by eventually assembling into a moon)?
gpt
No. If it were going to do so, it would have done so already. The gravitational effects of Saturn (edit: this means tidal forces, everyone) as well as the moons which orbit in the rings prevent the formation of additional moons within the ring system. The remaining material is only on the order of 3 x 10^19 kg, comparable to the smaller moons of Saturn, but the rings are almost entirely water ice, and you need some heavier substances to get a moon or planet forming.