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title: "Does Jupiter protect earth?"  
description: "A brief explanation of how Jupiter plays an important role in protecting the earth"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-23  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2982/does-jupiter-protect-earth  
category: "space science"  
tags: ["earth", "jupiter", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Does Jupiter protect earth?

![Does Jupiter protect earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fcba160b-375c-46b5-bc71-9e09d04150ea/images/ca9b4683-aed7-44d2-bce0-a9d8d62e4d38.jpeg) ![Does Jupiter protect earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fcba160b-375c-46b5-bc71-9e09d04150ea/images/8e7c6d72-0d37-40b1-8edb-f3c5b81bdf78.jpeg) Yes, Jupiter shields Earth by deflecting comets and asteroids that would otherwise strike us. ![Does Jupiter protect earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fcba160b-375c-46b5-bc71-9e09d04150ea/images/027363e2-b567-4d3f-8716-c899357efdbe.jpeg) Jupiter's powerful gravity can remove comets and asteroids from their orbits, transforming it into the "vacuum cleaner of the solar system." ![Does Jupiter protect earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fcba160b-375c-46b5-bc71-9e09d04150ea/images/392f2b46-b44b-4aaa-aabc-2e0b36a2fc7b.jpeg) Its gravity significantly reduces Earth impacts by 90% and is responsible for half of all comets ejected from the solar system, according to 2 studies ![Does Jupiter protect earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fcba160b-375c-46b5-bc71-9e09d04150ea/images/6beab42b-f6f3-4f8f-b24f-18a2457ff4e7.jpeg) It can have a negative impact on Earth by colliding comets and asteroids, as shown 65 million years ago when an asteroid impact wiped off dinosaurs. ![Does Jupiter protect earth](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/fcba160b-375c-46b5-bc71-9e09d04150ea/images/ca9b4683-aed7-44d2-bce0-a9d8d62e4d38.jpeg) Its gravity shields Earth from severe impacts from comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 & asteroid 2012 DA14, likely due to its larger impact craters & proximity.

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