The Sun will someday destroy the asteroid belt before it dies

The Sun will someday destroy the asteroid belt before it dies

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Science, Other, Physics

11th Grade - University

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The video explains the sun's transition into the giant branch phase, where it will expand and increase its luminance. This energy will affect the asteroid belt, causing asteroids to spin faster and break apart due to the York Effect. Over billions of years, these asteroids will become small fragments. Eventually, the sun will collapse into a white dwarf, absorbing the asteroid debris and altering its spectra, which explains the presence of asteroid elements in many white dwarfs.

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What will happen to the sun during the giant branch phase?

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How will the energy from the sun affect the asteroid belt?

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What is predicted to happen to most asteroids as the sun heats up?

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What will the sun collapse into after the giant branch phase?

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Why do many dwarf stars suggest the presence of asteroid elements?

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