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Almost none of the orbital sweeping effect comes from collisions. Even Jupiter is tiny, in the scope of space. The majority of orbital sweeping comes from repea
by chowells 7y ago
Almost none of the orbital sweeping effect comes from collisions. Even Jupiter is tiny, in the scope of space. The majority of orbital sweeping comes from repeated gravitational deflection.
Having a tiny radius will reduce the amount of of collisions, but it won't have a significant impact on orbital clearing.
- saagarjha 7y agoThe comment mentioned "eating" specifically, where I felt collisions would be important. You're right that for clearing the size of the object isn't very important.