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Uploaded by on Dec 1, 2008

Asteroid Belt

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  • If Jupiter were to disappear would the asteroids  be pulled toward the sun?

  • @IKeepItReal4U I think the more likely senario they coalese together and form a new planet, since the presence of Jupiter stopped them doing so in the first place..

  • @KurdstanPlanetarium Do you believe that Jupiter's gravity prohibited the asteroid belt from forming into a planet? Or do you think it was a fully formed planet that Jupiter could not save from comet impact? Or did the Martians just blow it up, heh. I wish the belt was the fifth planet in the system, because walking on Jupiter wouldn't work out so well.

  • @DysphemisticOptimist thanx for your interest...the current theory about the Asteroit belt is that its left over remains of the planetesimals that could not form a planet due to its proximity to Jupiter, so yes you are right jupiter does play the part here as it continuously perturbs their oribts and change them...others belive it was a planet and blew up for one reason or another...even some went to belive that was an inhabited planet at war and annahilated itself in a neuclear war...who knows?

  • is this based on real data?

  • @masluxx its, using one of the most sophisticated Astronomical Programs, Starry Night Pro...

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  • Hahah that would be so cool if it was destroyed by another civilisation, then some escaped (who become our ancestors) and moved to earth and yeah...so on and so forth :P haha

  • Nice.

  • That's cool

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