/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3357792
I suppose that really depends on how you'd define a planet. There's already a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt called Ceres, and it comprises about 1/3rd the total mass of the belt.

>>3357360
Nuclear bombs when detonated in space still emit an incredible amount of electromagnetic energy. Detonated close enough to an asteroid, or any other object, they will flash vaporize the surface of said object, it may even create enough thermal stress to crack the material or cause thermal shockwaves within it. The flash vaporization essentially pushes the object away from the nuclear explosion.