Multiple Choice
How do Saturn's shepherd moons help maintain the stability of Saturn's rings?
A) Their magnetic fields confine the rings' orbits.
B) Their gravity periodically captures solar system debris and adds it to the ring system.
C) They periodically collide with larger ring objects, pulverizing them.
D) Their gravitational interactions with ring material maintains the orbital stability of the rings.
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