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How long until a new planet forms in the asteroid belt?
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April 14th, 2010
Even small asteroids have a tiny gravitational pull on one another. Larger ones of course, exert more force. The existing planets are thought to have formed because larger objects slowly attracted more and more of their smaller neighbors which collided with and accreted to them. When can we expect this process to produce a new planetoid, and when might it reach full planetary status?
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