# If Earth had rings **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 30, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-earth-had-rings/1009459 "2024-10-30T19:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-earth-had-rings/1009459/6 "2024-10-30T22:30:57Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > If Earth had rings, like Saturn, would we have constant problems with pieces of the ring falling down to the planet and causing catastrophic damage? Yes. > [@If you liked Earth you shoulda put a ring on it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-liked-earth-you-shoulda-put-a-ring-on-it/1007372): > > Interesting new theory that during the Ordovician the Earth captured an asteroid close and large enough to be torn apart forming a ring that gradually rained down on Earth. It was already known from a mine in Sweden that small meteorites were raining down at around a hundred times the current rate at around the same time The original idea was that this rain was the result of a major collision in the asteroid belt I’m not sure how the new theory reflects on that–maybe the ringmaker could… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-earth-had-rings/1009459)._