Jupiter inonzi "vacuum cleaner" yeSolar System, nekuda kwehukuru hwayo hwekukweva uye nzvimbo iri padyo nepasi reSolar System. Inogamuchira kukanganiswa kwe comet inowanzoitika pakati pemapuraneti eSolar System. Zvaifungidzirwa kuti nyika yakashanda kudzivirira chikamu chemukati kubva pakurwiswa kwemakometi. Zvisinei, zvichangobva kuitika zvekufananidza makomputa zvinoratidza kuti Jupiter haikonzerese kuderera kwehuwandu hwemakometi anopfuura nepakati peSolar System, sezvo simba rayo rinokanganisa matunhu avo mukati kazhinji sezvaanowedzera kana kuadzinga. Nyaya iyi inoramba ichinetsana pakati pevasayendisiti, sezvo vamwe vachifunga kuti inokwezva makometi kuNyika kubva kuKuiper Belt nepo vamwe vachifunga kuti Jupiter inodzivirira Nyika kubva kune inofungidzirwa Oort Cloud. Jupiter inowana kanokwana ka200 uye nekukurumidza kupfuura iyo asteroid inokanganisa Nyika.
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