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Jupiter's Role in Asteroid Impacts

Tue, 25th Jan 2011

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Does Jupiter protect Earth from asteroid impact?  A new study evaluates the myth that the giant planet acts as our protector, gravitationally slinging asteroids out of a collision course...

References

  • Horner, J. and Jones, B. W. (2010), Jupiter: friend or foe? An answer. Astronomy & Geophysics, 51: 6.16–6.22. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2010.51616.x

    • Part of the show Antimatter Storms and the Universe's Dark Ages from the 25th Jan 2011

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