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The area of space beyond Neptune includes the Kuiper Belt, which contains many asteroids and three dwarf planets (Pluto/Charon, Haumea, and Makemake). However, most if not all of these are formed from ice and dust, rather than the rocky asteroids of the main Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe belt you are probably thinking of is the one between mars and Jupiter, there really is no name for it. Astronomers just refer to it as the main belt.
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That belt above is commonly called The Asteroid Belt. also sometimes called the Main Asteroid belt. The Cometary Belt is in the Oort Cloud
The Solar System is home to two main belts of small bodies. The asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter, is composed mainly of rock and metal. The Kuiper belt, which lies beyond Neptune's orbit, is composed mostly of ices. The Oort cloud, which acts as the source for long-period comets, exists at a distance that may be as far as thousand times beyond either of these two more well known belts.
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∙ 13y agoYes. The asteroid belt is a vaguely-defined area of space between Mars and Jupiter, which contains about 90% of all known asteroids. The total mass of all of them together is somewhere between the mass of our Moon, and the planet Mars. There are only a few of any mass; Ceres, which was reclassified as a "dwarf planet" in 2005, Vesta, and Juno are the largest.
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∙ 15y agoIs the asteroid belt a part of our solor system?
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∙ 13y agoYes, asteroids are a part of our solar system.
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∙ 12y agoBasically yes, it orbits the sun
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What part of the solar system is Demeter?
1108 Demeter - is part of the Asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Is the kuiper belt part of the solar system?
Yes, it is the region beyond Neptune that extends to the edge of the solar system. Like the asteroid belt, this area contains left over parts that did not make it when the solar system was created. Pluto, comets, and other small and tiny items are scattered out here.
Where is the Kuiper Belt and what type of bodies are located there?
Kuiper Belt is the remotest and the farthest part of our solar system, starting from the orbit of Neptune. It is much like the asteroid belt, but is 20-200 times heavier. It contains, mostly the remnants of the solar system formation. It also has asteroids of large size, comets and cooled gases.
Is Ceres an inner or an outer planet?
Ceres is classified as a dwarf planet. Ceres is a large asteroid, part of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. If it was a planet, it would be classified as an inner.
Galaxy used in a sentence?
Okay what the smarty pants go.our solor system is a part of a galaxy called the Milky Way.did I help you?If i did i will say"your welcome"
Why is it the meteors is the part of the solar system?
the meteorites are part of the solar system because they are in the asteroid belt an the asteroid belt is in the solar system
Is the asteroid belt a part of the solar system?
yes
Is the asteroid belt located outside the solar system?
No, it is part of the Solar system.
Is ceres one of the inner or outer?
Neither. The inner and outer solar system are divided by the asteroid belt. Ceres is part of the asteroid belt.
What is made up of an astoried belt?
The asteroid belt is part of the Solar System, if that's what you mean.
Is the asteroid belt a inside or a outside?
Ceres is part of the asteroid belt.
Are asteroids part of your solar system?
yes, asteroids are part of our solar system there in the asteroid belt which seperates the inner part from the outer part.
Is Ceres a inside or outside the asteroid belt?
Ceres is part of the asteroid belt.
Are meteorites part of the solar system?
Yes, meteorites are part of the solar system. They can be part of the asteroid belt. Normally, they are just moving around.
What part of the solar system is Demeter?
1108 Demeter - is part of the Asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Where is mercury located at on the asteroid belt?
Mercury is not a part of the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Mercury is far closer to the sun.
Are galaxies considered part of the solar system?
No our solar system is only our 8 planets and sun. Plus KBO's and and the asteroid belt.
