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Considering the timescale the asteroid belt could have formed a planet by now as well. Something doesn't add up about the established creation theory of the moo
by sprash 5y ago
Considering the timescale the asteroid belt could have formed a planet by now as well. Something doesn't add up about the established creation theory of the moon.
- emteycz 5y agoYou missed Jupiter in your calculations.
- Sharlin 5y agoAlso, the total mass of the present-day asteroid belt is only about four percent of the Moon's mass. Ceres makes up about a third of that, so one could say that the belt did form a planet – it's just that its growth was heavily stunted by Jupiter's interference.