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What happens when an asteroid orbits too close to Mars or Jupiter?
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For Mars, it is likely to get pulled in to the gravitational field, and not collide with the planet at first but get sling shot around it. It will then return in several years and sling shot another three or four times before colliding with it. It's also possible that the force of the "sling shot" effect will rocket the asteroid away, and it will not come back, or will get sucked in to another gravitational field.
For Jupiter, the most likely thing to happen is the asteroid entering the atmosphere and breaking up.
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What planet orbits close to the sun?
In order from the Sun, you see Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Then there is a gap, which happens to be roughly where the Asteroid Belt is. Then Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
What is an asteroied?
An asteroid is a small rocky object that orbits the Sun. They are remnants from the early formation of the solar system and are typically found in the asteroid belt, which is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Some asteroids can pose a potential threat to Earth if their orbits come close to intersecting with our planet's orbit.
Does Jupiter have damage from being close to the asteroid belt?
Because of its mass, Jupiter has likely collided with more asteroids, planetesimals, comets and other small bodies than any other planet in the Solar system. The asteroid belt only gets as close to Jupiter as it does because Jupiter has perturbed the orbits of all asteroids that were closer to Jupiter, either impacting directly, locking them into orbit of Jupiter to become a moon, or causing the asteroids to slingshot away. Many millions of years in the past, there were a lot more asteroids, and they were not confined to the asteroid belt, but the gravitational pull of Jupiter and the other planets have "swept" most of the solar system of these small bodies.
Where is the asteroid belt located in the atmosphere?
The main Asteroid Belt in the solar system is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It contains many millions of rocky objects and dust particles, and the dwarf planet Ceres (formerly considered simply the largest of the asteroids). However, there are other asteroids that orbit outside the main belt; some of them come in as close as Venus, and out as far as Neptune. Beyond Neptune, the Kuiper Belt contains many more icy objects, including three dwarf planets.
Did Jupiter hit Venus?
No. Jupiter and Venus have stable orbits that never come anywhere close to each other. They could never collide.
What planet orbits close to the sun?
In order from the Sun, you see Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Then there is a gap, which happens to be roughly where the Asteroid Belt is. Then Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
What is an asteroied?
An asteroid is a small rocky object that orbits the Sun. They are remnants from the early formation of the solar system and are typically found in the asteroid belt, which is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Some asteroids can pose a potential threat to Earth if their orbits come close to intersecting with our planet's orbit.
Does Jupiter have damage from being close to the asteroid belt?
Because of its mass, Jupiter has likely collided with more asteroids, planetesimals, comets and other small bodies than any other planet in the Solar system. The asteroid belt only gets as close to Jupiter as it does because Jupiter has perturbed the orbits of all asteroids that were closer to Jupiter, either impacting directly, locking them into orbit of Jupiter to become a moon, or causing the asteroids to slingshot away. Many millions of years in the past, there were a lot more asteroids, and they were not confined to the asteroid belt, but the gravitational pull of Jupiter and the other planets have "swept" most of the solar system of these small bodies.
Where is the asteroid belt located in the atmosphere?
The main Asteroid Belt in the solar system is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It contains many millions of rocky objects and dust particles, and the dwarf planet Ceres (formerly considered simply the largest of the asteroids). However, there are other asteroids that orbit outside the main belt; some of them come in as close as Venus, and out as far as Neptune. Beyond Neptune, the Kuiper Belt contains many more icy objects, including three dwarf planets.
What will happen if a small asteroid enters the solar system and passes close to Jupiter?
If it passes close enough, it will get into an orbit around Jupiter and may eventually collide with it.
What is the difference between the orbit of a comet and the orbit of an asteroid?
Asteroids are found in the asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter; their orbits are only mildly elliptical, close to being circular, much like the Earth's own orbit. Comets are found mostly in the very far, outer solar system in a region called the Oort Cloud, well beyond Neptune and Pluto. They are sometimes perturbed into highly elliptical orbits which take them close to the sun before they return to the outer solar system.
Did Jupiter hit Venus?
No. Jupiter and Venus have stable orbits that never come anywhere close to each other. They could never collide.
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.
Planets detected via Doppler Technique have been mostly?
Jupiter-mass, in very close orbits.
Is there a 2012 asteroid?
yes, the asteroid tauntless is a space rock which crosses orbits with earth every 'so many' years, it will come close to the planet but no actually collide with it though, (or let's hope it doesn't!)
Are all the asteroid in the asteroid belt?
No. Asteroids are scattered throughout the solar system in various orbits, some of which are relatively stable. Some have orbits that pass near Earth. But the vast preponderance of large asteroids are in the Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter. The problem with highly elliptical orbits is that the asteroid will be influenced by the major planets, moons, and the Sun. If its orbit is disturbed, it could be trapped by a giant planet or pulled too close to the Sun. Over the life of the solar system, many small asteroids have been either pulled into the Sun or ejected from the inner solar system by the gravity fields there.
Do asteroids orbit around the sun like a planet?
Typically, they orbit the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. However, occasionally their orbits are disrupted by the presence of planets, and they end up in more eccentric orbits. Some of the smaller planetary satellites are thought to be asteroids that have been gravitationally captured.
