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[–] Master_Foo 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It's because of Jupiter's gravitational pull that makes it so safe to pass near it. The planet has essentially been vacuuming it's area for billions of years cleaning the debris. Anything that doesn't fall down the gravity well is tidied up by consolidating all particles into it's rings or it's Lagrange points.

So, yeah, you are correct in your assumption. There should be more debris around Jupiter. There IS more debris around Jupiter. But, Jupiter was nice enough to put everything away neatly in his closet.