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Asteroid belt origins in planet migration

By T.K. Randall
March 1, 2009 · Comment icon 1 comment

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter could have been formed during the early solar system when Jupiter and Saturn were still in the process of moving to their original orbits. Scientists investigated the belt as part of a new study in to the development of the solar system and how the planets moved to where they are today.
Today's asteroid belt may have been shaped by a tumultuous period in the early solar system when Jupiter and Saturn moved out of their original orbits, a new simulation suggests. Ultimately the work could help refine a picture of how quickly the planets moved and where they got their start."


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Comment icon #1 Posted by REBEL 16 years ago
They basically repeating Immanuel Velikovsky (Worlds in Collision, 1950) 'theory' of a planet that once stood between Mars and Jupiter may have been smashed to pieces by a massive asteroid or rampaging giant planets as they migrated to their current positions, thus giving us what's now known as the asteroid belt... They (scientific community) scoffed him mucho grande for it back in the 50s, yet he was closer than anyone thought. Haven't read the book, just a few extracts. Plan to one day, just too lazy i guess.


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