How Jupiter prevented a planet from forming in the asteroid belt

Jupiter stopped a planet forming

<1/1,000 Of Earth’S Mass

Jupiter’s gravitational interference prevented material between Mars and Jupiter from assembling into a planet. The remaining asteroid belt may contain millions of kilometer-scale objects, yet its total mass is less than one-thousandth of Earth’s.

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