https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1801.03756/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28593735urn:hackerpapers:mention:1801.03756:28593735Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:47:58 GMT<p>There are some astronomers who believe that the converse is also true - Jupiter also flings in Kuiper-Belt Objects into Earth-Crossing Orbits. The results are complicated, https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/49/1/1.22/306978 Relevant quote, &gt; The flip side of the coin is also true, however — for an object to threaten the Earth, it first has to have an Earth-crossing orbit. Were Jupiter absent, there would be far fewer short-period comets, and it is likely that the asteroid belt would be far less heavily stirred, though it is also true that, without Jupiter, the asteroid belt would no…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1801.03756/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.EP