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How long does it take for the asteroid belt to make a complete orbit around the sun?
This is not a scientific answer (corrections welcome) but based on the location of the Asteroid belt, the length of the Martian year and the length of the Jovian year, I would surmise that it takes the asteroid belt about 7earth years to orbit the sun. But don't quote me!
How long does it take for the asteroid belt to orbit mars?
The asteroid belt orbits the Sun. Phobos and Deimos the moons of Mars orbit Mars.
How does the asteroid belt stay together and orbit the sun?
An asteroid orbits the sun for the same reason that a planet does; it has angular momentum. Asteroids generally remain in the asteroid belt because that is the orbit which their momentum gives them; if they had more momentum they would orbit farther from the sun, and if they had less momentum they would orbit closer to the sun (or fall into the sun, if their angular momentum were sufficiently low).
What does an asteroid orbit around?
The asteroid belt is a doughnut-shaped concentration of asteroids orbiting the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, closer to the orbit of Mars. Most asteroids orbit from between 186 million to 370 million miles (300 million to 600 million km or 2 to 4 AU) from the Sun. The asteroids in the asteroid belt have a slightly elliptical orbit. The time for one revolution around the Sun varies from about three to six Earth years.
Is an asteroid the same thing as an asteroid belt?
No. An asteroid is a relatively large chunk of rock and/or metal in orbit around the sun. The asteroid belt is a region in the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where the majority of the asteroids orbit.
Where do most the astreoids orbit?
Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the Asteroid Belt.
Is Mars located inside or outside of the Asteroid Belt?
It is not inside of the Asteroid Belt in the sense of being part of it. In terms of the order of orbits from the Sun, Mars is inside the orbit of the Asteroid Belt and Jupiter's orbit is outside the orbit of the Asteroid Belt.
What is the difference from an asteroid to a dwarf planet?
A dwarf planet is a body that orbits the sun - is often beyond the orbit of Jupiter and is classified below a planet. An asteroid is a body that orbits the sun within the asteroid belt.
What takes the longest to orbit the sun?
Neptune with an orbit time of 165 years.(note:even though Pluto takes 248 years to orbit the sun it is classified as a asteroid not a planet)-Mihi
What asteroid passes nearest to the sun?
The asteroid 2020 AV2 has the closest perihelion (closest approach to the sun) of any known asteroid, coming within about 6.61 million kilometers of the sun. This asteroid has an elliptical orbit that takes it very close to the sun before swinging out into the outer solar system.
Is Neptune in or outside of the asteroid belt?
There are no planets in the asteroid belt. Neptune's orbit is farther from the sun than practically all asteroids are.
Does the asteroid belt go up or down?
Each individual member of the asteroid 'belt' is in its own elliptical orbit around the sun.
