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How are asteroids different to planets?
An asteroid is a rock that is far smaller than a planet or dwarf planet. They have no atmosphere. They may circle a sun or a planet.
What is the motion of asteriods?
Like all orbiting bodies, an asteroid moves in an ellipse. Compared to the planets, these orbits have a higher probability of being more eccentric ("stretched out", further from being a circle). That is why some asteroids cross the orbit of the earth. Most asteroids move in near-circular orbits between Mars and Jupiter. A close approach to another asteroid or one of these planets can alter the orbit to a more eccentric one.
Most of the asteroids in the solar system circle the Sun in a large ring which is located immediately between the orbits?
mars and jupiter
Do the outer planets circle the inner planets?
All planets circle the CEntral Star. So in a way outer planets almost circle inner planets but the Star is at one focus of the planets' orbits so it is more proper to say that planets orbit stars.
How does planets circle around the Sun?
Planets circle in an elliptical orbit around the Sun.
Between what planets will you find the asteroid belt?
The largest collection of asteroids is found orbiting the Sun between orbits of Mars and Jupiter, This area is sometimes called the "asteroid belt". Think about it this way: the asteroid belt is a big highway in a circle around the Sun. The asteroids are like cars on the highway, except that they are thousands of miles apart on the average. Even so, sometimes the asteroid cars run into one another. When this happens, the asteroids may break up into smaller asteroids. Scientists think that most asteroids are the result of collisions between larger rocky space bodies. Asteroids can be a few feet to several hundred miles wide. The belt probably contains at least 40,000 asteroids that are more than 0.5 miles across. If an asteroid is disturbed by the gravitational pull of a planet, or is involved in a collision, it can be thrown out of the belt and go into orbit as a moon. Some of Jupiter's many small moons were likely once asteroids.
Many moons circle the 8 main planets?
That's correct! Each planet in our solar system has a different number of moons that orbit around it. Some planets, like Jupiter and Saturn, have a large number of moons, while others, like Mercury and Venus, have none.
How are planets different from moon?
Planets circle the sun Moons cirle planets.
Do comets circle the planets?
o no
What is the name of the circle that the planets go around?
If you mean the trajectory of the planets around their parent stars, it is called the orbit, and it is not a circle but an ellipse
Most of the asteroids in the solar system circle the Sun in a large ring which is located immediately between the orbits of?
Mars And Jupiter $
Why do the planets circle the sun?
Planets orbit the Sun due to the gravitational pull between them. This gravitational force keeps the planets in their elliptical paths around the Sun. It is a balance between the planets' inertia wanting to move forward and the Sun's gravitational force pulling them inward.
