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Mars, Jupiter
Millions of asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter, but their total mass is just 4% of the Moon’s, too small to form a planet.
Science May 20 2025
Author: Amrita Ghosh Image Credits:Pixabay
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Jupiter
Early astronomers thought Ceres and others were fragments of a destroyed planet, later named Phaëthon.
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Disruption theory
The disruption theory claimed a planet was destroyed by Jupiter’s gravity or a collision.
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Asteroid Belt
Iron meteorites from the belt vary in composition, suggesting they came from different bodies, not one planet.
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Solar system's birth
Scientists now believe no planet ever existed there; the belt likely holds leftover material from the solar system’s birth.
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Gravity of the huge planet jupiter
Jupiter’s gravity prevents the asteroids from combining, making future planet formation in the belt impossible