What would be the impact on the earth's tidal system if it had either rings plus the moon, or rings instead of the moon?<p>Are rings uniform on their gravital imprint on a planet?<p>Meaning - would tides cease if we had a ring(s) instead of a moon? It would apear so, and thus, wouldnt this impact the precession angle? However, we can see by recent posts of tracking saturn that it <i>appears</i> that saturn has a precesssion period of a very short time - a decade or so - as opposed to the earths 26,900 year precession...<p>(and whats even more crazy is ancient civilizations who knew of the precession and built calendars around it.) ((The pyramid of Chitchenitza is a calendar, detailing the various galactic cycles.<p>Source, I toured these and learned from the Mayan Elder; Hunbatz Men.<p><a href="https://www.council-of-world-elders.de/en/members/hunbatz-men-mexico/" rel="nofollow">https://www.council-of-world-elders.de/en/members/hunbatz-me...</a>