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Yes. Asteroids orbit the sun.
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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.
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).
Where do most the astreoids orbit?
Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the Asteroid Belt.
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.
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
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.
Most asteroids orbit the sun in the?
Actually there are an place of Asteroids. Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars ASTEROID Belt. So why I capitalized the word ASTEROID on ASTEROID Belt. Because this Belt is full of Asteroids
What do you call to the point where the earth is fastest from the sun?
Aphelion is the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the sun.
What are the objects called that orbit the sun it a belt between mars and Jupiter?
an asteroid belt
