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Originally Posted by TrevorW
If Earth had rings would it be called Earth ????
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It would be a blasted nuisance, and would affect life on Earth as we currently know it.
Satellites and even going into Earth orbit would be near impossible to do. Any body perturbing the ring material would shower down on the Earth.
Worst, you could only observe at night when the ring plane was parallel to the line of sight AND if you were near the equator.
The brightness of the rings would kill observing six months of the year.
If the Moon was still there, it would tear the rings apart, or even have a ring in its own right!!