But isn’t the asteroid belt there a belt and not a planet because of Jupiter? That sounds more like a racket to me
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cm0002@lemmy.world 11 months agoYea that’s the prevailing theory. Because of Jupiter’s size and position in our solar system it likely intercepts a lot of the nastiest asteroids that are big enough that an impact with earth would wipe out all life. It’s also believed that if it were not for Jupiter life might not have been able to evolve on earth at all
Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Ahardyfellow@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
TIL, thanks jupiter!
nullPointer@programming.dev 11 months ago
it’s a bit of a double edge sword though. jupiter also throws stuff at us as well. (planetary.org/…/does-jupiter-protect-earth-from-a…)
Dirac@lemmy.today 11 months ago
“Only I can bully my little brother!”
KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 11 months ago
I love this post
Noodle07@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is so true