From: k_meinhard@gmx.de   
      
   Hallo johnny1a.again@gmail.com,   
      
   > Today, it's mostly thought by astronomers that the asteroid belt   
   > between Mars and Venus is not a shattered planet, but rather a planet   
   > that never fully came together, probably because of the influence of   
   > Jupiter and possibly Saturn.   
      
   The reason for today's view is, afaik, that trying to trace back the   
   orbits of the bigger asteroids doesn't produce a single point of origin,   
   but at least five or more.   
      
   > One thing occurs to me to wonder: suppose some force _had_ shattered   
   > a world into asteroidal rubble in the Deep Past.  How would the   
   > results look different than the actual asteroid belt in today's   
   > times?  How would they look different?   
      
   A collision that destroys a small planet could possibly have led to many   
   more fragments in orbits off the ecliptic. But maybe those could have   
   been cleaned up by now, so, on the other hand, the outcome could look   
   very similar to what we see today.   
      
      
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   Mit freundlichen Grüßen,   
      
   Klaus Meinhard   
      
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