>"Another dwarf planet has a ring? C'mon inner solar system, step up your game already. #Quaoar"
Perhaps the solar wind and CMEs push away the material that would normally form rings around inner planets. Also, many rings are composed of ice which would not exist nearer the Sun.
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>"Another dwarf planet has a ring? C'mon inner solar system, step up your game already.
#Quaoar"
Perhaps the solar wind and CMEs push away the material that would normally form rings around inner planets. Also, many rings are composed of ice which would not exist nearer the Sun.
The Sun's gravity may also play a factor.