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What are small planets with orbits between mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids
How are asteroid and moons alike and different?
Both asteroids and moons can be rocky. An asteroid orbits the Sun while a moon orbits a planet. Mars has two moons (Deimos and Phobos) that are most likely former asteroids.
What is made of rock that orbits the sun?
planets of course, or asteroids. both are rock
Typically orbit the sun at approximately 3 au?
Not much. Earth is at 1 AU, by definition, and Mars is at about 1.5 AU. Between Mars and Jupiter (about 5 AU) there are no large planets; it is thought that Jupiter's gravity interfered with planets forming near it. Instead, there are billions of asteroids, which are of similar chemical makeup to the inner planets (i.e. mostly rocks and metals), but much smaller, ranging from smaller than a sand grain to the size of U.S. states. We have observed several thousand of the larger ones; these are irregularly-shaped rocky things the size of cities. The largest, Ceres, is almost 600 miles across and orbits between 2.54 and 2.98 AU. So, I suppose I could say that Ceres is at 3 AU, once every 4.5 (Earth) years. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet) for more about Ceres.
How do the orbits of comets differ from the orbits of most asteroids?
Comets are balls of ice and dust in orbit around the Sun. The orbits of comets are different from those of planets - they are elliptical. A comet's orbit takes it very close to the Sun and then far away again.
What are the rock objects called that crisscross the orbits of the planets?
They are still called asteroids. But some refer to them as "rogue" asteroids, or "asteroids in irregular orbits".
What are small planets with orbits between mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids
Do asteroids have elliptical orbits?
maybe
The Trojan asteroids have orbits that?
fu
What are facts about Apollo asteroids?
Apollo asteroids have elliptical orbits that cross Earth's orbit
Why do cosmologists calculate these asteroids orbits and compare such orbits with the earth's orbit?
Mainly to see if the asteroids are going to pose a collision danger with regards to the Earth.
How are moon and asteroids alike and different?
Both asteroids and moons can be rocky. An asteroid orbits the Sun while a moon orbits a planet. Mars has two moons (Deimos and Phobos) that are most likely former asteroids.
Which planet is closest to a region of asteroids?
Orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter are closest to the region of asteroids.
Do meteorites asteroids and comets travel in their own orbits?
no.....
Are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
The asteroids.
What are located between orbits of mars and Jupiter?
The asteroids.
What is the difference between moon and asteroids?
An asteroid is a piece of moon that orbits the sun and a moon is a giant rock sphere that orbits earth
