Why Won’t the Asteroid Belt Become a Planet?

Meet the asteroid belt, a region of our solar system where tiny bodies orbit the sun, mostly rocky and some metallic. Another name for these small worlds is minor planets. A lot have asked about why the asteroid belt won't become a planet! Well, here's the video!

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Produced & Edited by:
Ardit Bicaj

Written by:
Nicole Amondi

Narrated by:
Russell Archey

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Space Engine
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab
NCSA, NASA, A. Boley

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Breaking the System - Ethan Sloan

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[trevorlanga]

Finally a question that was in my head answered

[tylernelson]

Great information in this video. I never thought to ask myself why the belt might be there. This is one of those 'You learn something new everyday' type of video. Thank you very much, and also being a shorter video this is great for when I'm on break.

[Chatsworth]

WoW always thought there was much more total mass for all the asteroids combined. The "belt" is really almost insignificant! Nice vid, +1

[kevaibhav]

Amazing video man, keep it up! And make a video about our closest star systems near 100LY.

[ganesamokkapati]

this is great quality content i underated channel mate

[josephpacchetti]

Interesting, I've not seen this video, Thanks for posting. 👍

[Rosefallen]

This was a very interesting video Cozzy, I always thought there was much more mass in the asteroid belts. One question that I’ve always had is where is the center of gravity in the universe

[ganesamokkapati]

here's a vid idea make a vid about wormholes and going through them if it is possible and portals to another universe or dimension and what do we need to make it happen

[swastikgupta]

Man, your video always give knowledge and correct my wrong perception. I always enjoy watching your video. KEEP IT UP👍👍👍👍

[ganesamokkapati]

i liked every vid for the youtube algorithm

[ComparativeReasoning]

NOTE: No explosion or collision would be powerful enough to propel material outside the solar system.
NOTE: Jupiter's gravitational pull on the asteroid stacks up and the asteroid is easily pushed out of the solar system.
This sounds like a gross contradiction. Anyone of "Faith" will laugh at how faulty it sounds. Those who hold "Faith In Science" won't question it; thus like their counterparts for their religion.

[Alpha_Rigel_Cassiopeia]

I actually never thought on Thanks for bringing it to my notice....
Btw #100k_soon

[Monkey_D_Luffy]

Does the Pacific Ring of fire a direct result of the hypothesized planet Theia hitting the Earth and created the Moon ?

[adventuresoflife]

Now make beautiful videos on the nearby star systems... Such as Sirius [ Binary star system- Sirius A and B ], Alpha Centauri [ Triple S. System - Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Cen A), Toliman (Alpha Cen B), Proxima cen( Alpha Cen C) { Proxima cen has two planets namely Proxima B and C, where Proxima B may be a habitable zone and Proxima C is earth shaped planet with a ring}...

Like this, make a video on other star systems... And describe in brief...Ok

[brettbrannon]

The biggest question in the universe to me is, how did I miss this video 😳

[Vivaswaan.]

Not going to lie, as a kid, I did think that the asteroid belt is made up of debris from the explosion of a previously existing planet of the solar system.

[seththunder]

Where do you learn such info from? I would google about them but wouldn’t find anything to what you usually post. Are you a researcher?

[lesleycox]

So Jupiter and Saturn have disposed of much of the asteroids, so the mass use to be much more?

[elenacaddell]

That was a huge planet. It was called Rehab

[tylermcnally]

The asteroids are so far apart you can sail through them, now the following depictions of the asteroids will show then shoulder on shoulder and bumping off each other.