From: eripe.dk@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 6:29:13 AM UTC+7, Mr Anderson wrote:   
   > So, I asked a question on Quora lately about it, but did not get any   
   satisfying answers yet, so I bring it here, for more professional look.   
   > We all know that asteroid belts from movies are complete BS, but, I was   
   thinking if there could temporarily exist a cluster of small planetoids, in   
   which standing on one of them, you actually can see others, at let's say a few   
   kilometers distance.   
   > I want to put such thing on orbit of my setting's main planet, and I don't   
   know how plausible is it. In my fantasy-sf world, such cluster is used as a   
   hub for further space travel and material base for creating spaceships.   
   > Also, I want to know how long such thing could survive, even if it's short,   
   a few thousands years time, and it would be nice if someone could tell me if   
   that would be stable or would spit planetoids in all directions.   
      
   Have them in low orbit around a molten world, and the molten world has 20   
   lavastorms around the equator. Each lavastorm creates a magnetic field strong   
   enough to hold an iron rich moon in place.   
      
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