Myth: Asteroid Belt is Dangerous

Myth: Asteroid Belt is Dangerous

Mitesh Patel

17, June, 19

INSPIRATION & LEARNING, MYTH BUSTERS

Reality: Movie scenes of spaceships flying through a dense field of tumbling, colliding rocks are imaginary. The Asteroid Belt — a zone between 200 and 300 million miles from the sun — is an incredibly lonely and desolate void. In fact, if you pulled all the asteroids together, they’d only weigh about 4% the mass of Earth’s moon. 

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/worst-science-health-myths-2016-1?IR=T#myth-the-asteroid-belt-is-dangerous-75