Scientists announced a new theory of the emergence of the asteroid Belt

Scientists have conducted deep research and made amazing conclusions.

Two researchers from the University of Bordeaux, France, propose a new hypothesis explaining the origin of the asteroid Belt. In his work Sean Raymond (Sean Raymond) and Andre’isidoro (Andre Izidoro) describe this hypothesis and the results of computer simulation of the proposed scenario.

The asteroid belt is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It consists of asteroids and small planets forming in the disc around the Sun. He also serves as a kind of dividing line between the rocky planets of the inner Solar system and gas giants in the outer parts of it. According to modern theory, the asteroid Belt was once much more densely populated, but the gravitational pull of Jupiter, pushed nearly 99 percent of the material of the asteroid Belt in the outer part of the Solar system and beyond. Astronomers believe that Jupiter’s gravity did not allow the material of the asteroid Belt to coalesce into a larger planet. In this new work, the researchers propose a completely different version of the origin of the asteroid Belt – according to which, originally the site of the Asteroid belt was located in the empty space, then gradually zapolnyayuscheysya material coming from the planets of the inner and outer parts of the Solar system.

Raymond and’isidoro noticed that the asteroids located closer to the rocky planets (asteroids called S-class), tend to contain silicates that are typical for the material of the planets of the inner Solar system. On the contrary, the asteroids of the asteroid Belt, gas giants (class C asteroids) contain more carbon, the characteristic material of the gas giants. This, say the researchers, suggests that the asteroids formed from the material of planets, is thrown in the asteroid Belt during the evolution of our planetary system.

To test their hypothesis, the researchers built a computer model simulating the early Solar system, where the place of the current asteroid Belt was empty. Simulations showed that the formation of the disk, like the present asteroid Belt from material planets the outer and inner parts of the Solar system is possible. To further test their hypothesis, Raymond and’isidoro are planning additional studies.

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