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There are collisions between asteroids, which can knock asteroids and asteroid fragments into different orbits. Some asteroids may not have originated in the asteroid belt.
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What is the location of the meteors?
They are origanted in the asteroid belt when they are broken off an asteroid.
What is the general location of meteors?
They are origanted in the asteroid belt when they are broken off an asteroid.
What causes most of the asteroids to remain orbiting in the asterdoid belt?
Gravity and inertia. The rocks in the asteroid belt are in free fall, and orbit the Sun under the influence of gravity. Sometimes they collide, and the fragments are knocked into different orbits, and sometimes those new orbits cause the objects to leave the asteroid belt. Some astronomers believe that the asteroid that hit the Earth 65 million years ago came from the asteroid belt after a collision like this.
What is the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter called?
The main asteroid belt is actually called the asteroid belt - pretty dull really.
Is Mars located in the asteroid belt?
Mars is not in the asteroid belt. The Asteroid Belt is between Mars and Jupiter.
What is the location of the meteors?
They are origanted in the asteroid belt when they are broken off an asteroid.
What is the general location of meteors?
They are origanted in the asteroid belt when they are broken off an asteroid.
Why is it the meteors is the part of the solar system?
the meteorites are part of the solar system because they are in the asteroid belt an the asteroid belt is in the solar system
Where is a meteors location?
Meteors come from leftover debris of asteroids in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter .
Why do some asteroids leave there orbit?
They could be knocked out of orbit by being hit from a comet, or a 'rogue' asteroid that's not part of the asteroid belt.
What causes most of the asteroids to remain orbiting in the asterdoid belt?
Gravity and inertia. The rocks in the asteroid belt are in free fall, and orbit the Sun under the influence of gravity. Sometimes they collide, and the fragments are knocked into different orbits, and sometimes those new orbits cause the objects to leave the asteroid belt. Some astronomers believe that the asteroid that hit the Earth 65 million years ago came from the asteroid belt after a collision like this.
What is the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter called?
The main asteroid belt is actually called the asteroid belt - pretty dull really.
Is Mars located in the asteroid belt?
Mars is not in the asteroid belt. The Asteroid Belt is between Mars and Jupiter.
What is the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
The asteroid belt is in between Mars and Jupiter.
What asteroid belt is Venus in?
Venus is not in any asteroid belt.
Where is the asteroid belt in the planet Jupiter?
The asteroid belt is not in Jupiter.
Is the asteroid belt an inner or outer asteroid belt?
Inner.
