[BBC] Possible "new" moon for Saturn

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[BBC] Possible "new" moon for Saturn

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Such objects form fairly easily amongst debris due to gravitational pull. Earth and the other planets form in the same way. Only issue is such small objects are only loosely packed together so an impact will shatter them. Some of the asteroids we know are also composed this way.
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