Representatives of the University of Bordeaux put forward a new explanation for the formation of the asteroid belt. This site is located between Mars and Jupiter. It is represented by a collection of asteroids and dwarf planets that form a disk around the Sun. It is also a conditional line between the inner rocky planets and the outer gas and ice giants.
Modern theory says that earlier the belt was densely filled with objects, but Jupiter’s gravity threw 99% of the material out of the system. It is also considered that it is the gravitational effect that did not allow the fragments to merge into larger objects and planets. However, the new model follows a different scenario. Perhaps the belt began as an empty space and only later began to fill with material coming from internal and external planets. Scientists note that S-type asteroids (located closer to terrestrial-type planets) are filled with silicate, and C-type asteroids are filled with carbon, like external giants.
To test this, the team created a model that mimics the early solar system when the belt was still an ordinary void. They say that there is a high probability of promoting the material and creating a modern disc according to the latest theory. They are going to continue to extract evidence to develop this idea.
