Lucky we have Jupiter (the planet of 'Big Luck")

Astronomers Look for Clues in the Wake of the Jupiter Collision

That's just our solar system's big guy, Jupiter, doing its job--using it's huge gravitational field to attract foreign bodies to itself, and AWAY from Earth.

Interesting how this happens - especially since in astrology Jupiter traditionally been called the "greater benefic." In traditional astrology, everything Jupiter touched was blessed with his beneficial presence... and so it's rather interesting that modern day astronomy appears to be giving a grudging nod to Jupiter's traditional astrological role and reputation among the other planets. Apparently... large gaseous planets, by virtue of their size and composition, tend to attract comets and asteroids to themselves and away from the smaller planets. The larger planets in solar systems (such as Jupiter) thus protect the smaller, more vulnerable planets (such as Earth) from taking these large hits by comets and asteroids.

Luckily for us, the big planets do act as "shields" in this way. Way to go, Jupiter!