What If Jupiter and Mars Switched Orbits?

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Published on January 27, 2023 4:00:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-oerLiv7BM

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The delicate balance of the entire Solar System exists in a gravitational dance between planets. Swap the orbits of two of them and you could end up wreaking all kinds of havoc. What would happen to a rocky, red planet stuck between two gas giants? How would Earth react to a gigantic new neighbor? And why would a big shift in gravity trigger an asteroid apocalypse?

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00:00 What If Jupiter and Mars Switched Orbits?
02:05 Thanks Better Internet!
03:16 The position of Mars
04:38 Changes on Earth
06:17 Objects of the asteroid belt

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