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I know that it has a great influence on the Kuiper belt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt but I'm not sure if it
by sosuke 15y ago
I know that it has a great influence on the Kuiper belt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt but I'm not sure if it would change us much, we might actually be safer. Or in more danger, Jupiter soaks up a lot of junk that might have ended up in our neighborhood.
- JonnieCache 15y agoI remember being told as a child that jupiter and its gravity protected us from the various asteroids and other mineral interlopers of the solar system, but the following google search suggests that this is now in doubt: https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=jupiter+protection+asteroids https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=jupiter+protection+ast...
- stan_rogers 15y agoAs Homer Simpson once said of alcohol, it is the cause of and the solution to all of our problems. While it does intercept some of the nasty rocks and snowballs, it also perturbs objects that would otherwise have been in stable orbits. In an office environment, this would be called "making himself indispensable".