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What is the asteroid belt evidence of?
Some people (including me) are led to believe that when the planets were being made, there were hundreds. These planets smashed into each other to basically start a planet war. The only ones that were left were our current 9 planets, and the rest settled out to become the asteroid belt.
How big is an asteroid compared to other planets?
Asteroids are smaller than planets. A few of the asteroids are fairly large; Ceres, for example, is a "dwarf planet" that's bigger than Pluto. But many of the asteroids are a few miles, or a few dozen miles, across. That isn't very big, compared to Mars or Earth.
What effect did being hit by an asteroid have on the Earth?
well it changed the earth to the earth we have today
What are the planets inner and outer are divide into?
The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, while the outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The division is based on their proximity to the Sun, with the inner planets being closer and the outer planets being further away.
Which planets hold a belt between mars and Jupiter?
The asteroid belt is between mars and Jupiter and no planet holds it in position it's actually orbiting the sun it best imagined looking at Saturn with the planet being the sun and the moons the planets and the rings the asteroid belt it's all the planet.
What two planets is the asteroid belt in our solar system between?
The Asteroid Belt orbits between Mars and Jupiter, at about 3 AU. There are several objects not properly classified as asteroids orbiting within the belt, mainly the dwarf planet Ceres and the protoplanets Vesta and Pallas.
Are asteroids bigger or smaller than planets?
Asteroids, by definition, are much smaller than planets. That's one reason why they are mostly shaped irregular, unlike planets which are close to being round. The round shape is due to the increased mass (or weight) and only large masses tend to be round due to gravity.
Is mars related to any of the other planets?
Mars is related to the other Inner Planets in the sense that it is formed of the rocky materials characteristic of the planets within the asteroid belt, ie; the Inner Planets. However, it has no known history in common with other planets short of several billion years ago, with the exception of meteorites thrown into space by asteroid collisions.
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.
What is the difference between dwarf planets and asteroids?
For an object to be a planet it has to : orbit the sun, has enough mass to assume a rounded shape, and clear any objects in its path. Some planets (such as Pluto) are no longer planets because they do not fit the criteria above. They are then usually classed as dwarf planets. Asteroids are small pieces of rock which orbit the sun. These are much too small to become planets/dwarf planets and also don't fit the criteria above. Hope this helps :)
What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?
Nothing officially separates them but most asteroids are between Mars and Jupiter.There is no planet separating the Outer planets. Outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and this are gas giant. Asteroid belt consists of asteroid and Ceres, the Dwarf planet so an Dwarf planet and Asteroid belt separates the Planets.
How come being so much farther from the sun would effect the outer planets?
The outer planets are colder, and life cannot be supported there in such cold conditions.
