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jjSwain question

JJSwaim

I believe that the asteroid belt is rubble from the accretion disk formed
at the infant stage of solar system building - 5 billion years ago. I
further beleive that this
rubble may have tried to become a planet by accretions and impacts like the
inner planet of the solar system but due to it's close proximity to the
large outer planet Jupiter and it's massive gravitational pulls has been
kept
from forming ino a planet. No doubt impact and brake ups and some
accretions did take place and probable still does. Many of the Near Earth
Asteroids are believed to come from the asteroid belt which keeps the rate
of impact to the inner planet fairly constant over the millions and
millions of years.  By this I mean that as asteroid impact the inner
planets and moons they are replaced by asteroids from the asteroid belt and
even from asteroid beyond the belt.

Asteroid? Etymology: Greek asteroeidEs starlike, from aster-, astEr. 
Use of the word dates from 1802 just about the time the first two asteroids
were found
named Ceres and Pallas. Ceres being the largest (932 km).
I think that the preferred name for these big rocks in the belt and
elsewhere is now
"Minor Planets" by the professionals but asteroids, planetoids and even
big rocks is perfectly alright with me.

This is one persons opinion from the group you ask for. jj

Regards,
Victor
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