I don’t buy the Jupiter as the savior of earth from objects from the Kuiper belt and Ort cloud.
And object barreling in from outside and being affected by Jupiter could just as easily be directed TOWARDS earth by the gravitational affects of the gas giant than away from it.
Earth travels it’s one year orbit around the sun and can be directly opposite the sun from Jupiter. Directly between the sun and Jupiter .......or any combination that the orbits of Earth and Jupiter can scribe. Also There are huge areas of space that are not affected by Jupiter’s gravitational field.
Perhaps the Chixalub object was traveling on a nice safe course through the solar system and back out when Jupiter yanked on it enough to direct it towards the earth
I know that Jupiter as earth’s savior is considered sacrosanct in the astronomical community, if you look at the big picture it just doesn’t hold water
It's hard to say without knowing and understanding the precise physics and math of the situation that it could "just as easily" do one thing as the other. But I'm sure you're right that it doesn't *only* divert passing comets and asteroids. That it could have potentially helped steered some into Earth. My guess, though, is that many more were diverted away, as there are many more places where the Earth isn't than where it is at any given time, although Earth's own gravitational field would of course contribute to the impact probabilities.
I know that Jupiter as earth’s savior is considered sacrosanct in the astronomical community, if you look at the big picture it just doesn’t hold water
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Why don’t you publish a paper?
So the guys who postulated that theory should have to give back their grants, right?