(December 9, 2012 at 8:59 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: Then we have this rock we're sitting on conveniently being pulled towards the gas giant in such a way that it stays basically at the same distance from it at all times. It's a rather special relationship between the two I find. A relationship that made me... appreciate... how well things work out.You should be made aware that all bodies translating around the sun that were not in a proper orbit, either fell into the sun, or went away from it... a long long time ago.
What you see today is what's left.