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Is it theoretically possible for us to get a new planet in the Solar System?
29 Feb 2024 20:44 by
WoliWilo
Two of these could actually be possible-
What if the Astroid Belt was cleared out by an object that got large enough to be a sphere? Same with the Kuiper Belt? I know that if either of these happen, it will be WAY into the future, but still...
WoliWilo
- 01 Mar 2024 00:14
Reply to Johnathanacus:
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Johnathanacus
- 29 Feb 2024 21:25
Reply to WoliWilo:
the asteroid belt is to spread out to ever become a planet however it is still possible for us to get a new planet if the sun captures a rouge planet
WoliWilo
- 29 Feb 2024 20:54
Reply to Fae: But that's also what many of the astroids are made of and either way if an object did manage to clear it's path it would still be considered a planet (check out the IAU)
Avian
- 29 Feb 2024 20:50
No, because our current planets were formed by leftover debris from the Sun being formed. Unless one of the free-flying planets in the universe somehow made it into the Sun's ring of gravity and somehow stayed, which I doubt is realistic. I withstood my intense phobia of space to answer this question for you *thumbs up*