In this episode that is one second shy of 30 minutes, I talk about some of the historical reasons why some people may think the asteroid belt was at one time a planet, but then I go into four ways to show that it could not have been a planet. Next episode (“Part 2”) will get more on the wacko-conspiracy/crazy/pseudoscience exploding planet ideas.
March 31, 2012
Podcast #29: Was the Asteroid Belt a Planet? Part 1
Filed under: asteroids,asteroids and asteroid belt,astronomy,podcast — Stuart Robbins @ 8:37 pm
Tags: asteroid, asteroid belt, asteroids, astronomy, Barbara Hand Clow, ceres, exploding planet, podcast, Titius-Bode Law, Tom Van Flandern, Vesta
Tags: asteroid, asteroid belt, asteroids, astronomy, Barbara Hand Clow, ceres, exploding planet, podcast, Titius-Bode Law, Tom Van Flandern, Vesta