▲ 856 ▼ Little Pea Shooters (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children) It's also a shield for earth. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] sga@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sartalon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Not really. It does pull some in, but not directly at earth, and the majority is either "eaten" by Jupiter or slung out of the system. Jupiter's pull is so great, compared to earth, that the ones that do get past or then pulled more towards the sun. At least that is how my professor described it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[+] sga@piefed.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sartalon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Not really. It does pull some in, but not directly at earth, and the majority is either "eaten" by Jupiter or slung out of the system. Jupiter's pull is so great, compared to earth, that the ones that do get past or then pulled more towards the sun. At least that is how my professor described it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Not really. It does pull some in, but not directly at earth, and the majority is either "eaten" by Jupiter or slung out of the system. Jupiter's pull is so great, compared to earth, that the ones that do get past or then pulled more towards the sun. At least that is how my professor described it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
