>Also mentioned is the estimate that the mass of the entire belt is thought to be 3% of weight of the moon. That's crazy tiny
It's worse than that: 60% of that mass is contained in only 4 asteroids, the largest of which is the dwarf planet Ceres. So if you ignore those 4 bodies for a moment, the rest of the asteroids are only around 1.2% of the Moon's mass.
It's worse than that: 60% of that mass is contained in only 4 asteroids, the largest of which is the dwarf planet Ceres. So if you ignore those 4 bodies for a moment, the rest of the asteroids are only around 1.2% of the Moon's mass.