Ancient people named the planet Jupiter well. Both its brilliance and its slow, regal movement across the sky evoked a king among gods. Today we know much more about the influence of Jupiter, a planet boasting more than twice as much mass as the solar system’s other planets put together. Jupiter’s tremendous gravity stunted the growth of newborn Mars, sculpts the asteroid belt today, and may even help protect Earth from catastrophic comet impacts.

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内部工作：木星是否出生于海王星和冥王星目前的轨道之外？

古代人把木星命名为好。它的光彩和在天空中缓慢，富丽堂皇的运动引起了众神之王。今天，我们对木星的影响有了更多了解，木星的质量比太阳系其他行星加在一起的质量大两倍。木星的巨大引力阻碍了新生火星的生长，雕刻了今天的小行星带，甚至可能有助于保护地球免受灾难性彗星的撞击。