Is there an asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter?

Answer 1

The order of the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. However, Pluto the largest known dwarf planet next to Eris, is no longer considered a planet at all. It is now known as the largest member of a distinct region called the Kuniper Belt. Therefor there are officially only 8 planets in our Solar System. There is a region of the solar system located roughly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter called the asteroid belt . It is occupied with numerous irregular shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets. Not to be confused with actual planets. Ceres is the only object in the belt large enough for its gravity to force it into a roughly round shape, and so, according to the IAU's 2006 resolution on the definition of a planet, it is now considered a dwarf planet.

Answer 2

20780 Chanyikhei (2000 RO11) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 2000.

It is an asteroid and not a planet but does lie in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Answer 3

No, the asteroid belt is between mars and Jupiter. To remember the asteroid belt is like a line that separates the little planets from the big ones. If you look on at the solar system on a picture you can see it

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Answer 4

Unknown, but judging by the increasing distances in the orbits of the planets, there should have been a planet there. Some believe that a planet was there, and it was ripped apart by the gravitational pulls of Mars and Jupiter. Skeptics claim that the entire mass of the Asteroid Belt would not make nearly enough for a planet.

Answer 5

Comets pass between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid belt lies between them

Answer 6

No, although there probably are a few asteroids between Jupiter and Saturn the asteroid belt is between Jupiter and Mars.

Answer 7

Asteroids are found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Answer 8

yes