Will the sun save us from a collision with an asteroid?
@handsomeitaliano (1050)
United States
September 20, 2008 10:39pm CST
Some scientists believe an asteroid is going to hit Earth again, but could the sun save us?
Is it possible that the reason we don't get slammed with them a lot more is because they hit the sun instead? To get clobbered with an asteroid like the one that killed the dinosaurs, would really ruin our day. I know there are vast distances and variables involved and it would just be a lucky shot if an asteroid hit us, but could it be the sun sort of acts as a buffer for us by taking some of the hits we otherwise would get? It just seems like it has a lot more gravational pull than our puny Earth and just curious if there are any thoughts on it.
1 response
@donofnet19 (52)
• India
21 Sep 08
Actually Sun is the one who attracts far away asteroids into our solar system due to its huge gravitational force. The asteroids which are headed towards earth's path attracted by the Sun are moved away by the largest planet of our solar system Jupiter.
The gravity of jupiter so large that it attracts all the crap heading towards us. So we should thank jupiter not the sun.
