![]() ![]() ![]() Leah Crane: And I’m Leah Crane, Physics and Space Reporter at New Scientist. Leah and Chelsea were joined for this episode by planetary astronomers Andy Rivkin at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and Kat Volk at the University of Arizona.Ĭhelsea Whyte: I’m Chelsea Whyte, Senior News Editor at New Scientist. Or maybe an injection of aerogel across the entire asteroid belt could slow them down and eventually bring them to a gentle halt – though the ring itself could make it difficult to explore the outer solar system, and it could have some nasty effects on Earth’s wildlife, too. A huge funnel might work to make sure they all get squished together. For the asteroids to stick together instead of just creating even more asteroids, they have to collide at a relatively slow speed. On this episode of Dead Planets Society, our hosts Chelsea Whyte and Leah Crane have decided to embark on a solar system cleanup mission: to unify the asteroid belt into a single rocky world.īut it isn’t as easy as just stirring up the asteroid belt and hoping everything smashes together. It is full of big rocks hurtling around at high speeds, occasionally getting tossed towards assorted planets, and generally causing a ruckus. ![]() Let’s be honest: the asteroid belt is a bit of a mess. ![]()
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