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Migrating Planets May Have Kicked Asteroids Into Orbit

 

Gas giant planets that migrated early in the history of the solar system could have violently knocked some of the asteroid belt's denizens into their current orbits, according to a new study that aims to solve a number of enduring space rock mysteries.

 

SPACE.com -- Migrating Planets May Have Kicked Asteroids Into Orbit

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