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Distribution
of Asteroids
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Most
asteroids found between Mars and Jupiter
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Once
though to be remenant of "missing planet"
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Probably
just left over from formation of solar system
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All
asteroids put together would be only 1500 km in diameter
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Computer
simulations: Jupiter influcenced formation of asteroid belt
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without
Jupiter, another Earth-sized planet may have formed
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Jupiter's
gravity disrupts orbits, throws asteroids out if they get to close
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crack
the whip phenomenon
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A Mars-sized
planet may have formed
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kicked
1862 Apollo, 1566 Icarus out of belt but not out of solar system
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What
happened to Mars-sized object?
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