Will the Asteroid Belt Become a Planet?
First of All, There's Not Enough Total Mass in the Belt to Form a Planet. Second, the Belt Is Too Close to Jupiter. .. . the Belt Contains Only About 4 Percent...
First of all, there's not enough total mass in the belt to form a planet. Second, the belt is too close to Jupiter. ... The belt contains only about 4 percent of the Moon's mass in asteroids — not enough to form a planet-sized body.
How big a planet would the asteroid belt make?
The mass of the asteroid main belt is estimated at 4% the mass of our moon according to Wikipedia so any object formed from the aggregation of that mass would not be a planet. It would be the size of a very small moon.
Will the asteroid belt disappear?
As a result, even the asteroid belt of our solar system will be pulverized by the Sun billions of years from now. ...
Sarah Jenkins is a veteran tech journalist with over 12 years of experience covering artificial intelligence, mobile innovations, and digital ethics. Her insights have appeared in leading technology publications worldwide.
