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Some have speculated that it was an actual planet that broke up, but the mass would be lower than expected for a planet. The more likely reason is that massive Jupiter prevented a planet from forming there in the first place, siphoning off most of the lighter elements as the planets were forming.
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Where might asteroid mostly be found?
There is an asteroid belt. It is held in between mars and jupiter.
What planet has an asteroid belt between it and jupiter?
The planet Mars orbits immediately closer to the Sun than the Asteroid Belt. The so-called "main belt" has many millions of asteroids, the remnants of a failed planetoid that might have formed between Mars and Jupiter.Mars. The asteroid belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
What might caught the asteroid belt to move closer to the sun?
Gravity
Is Mars located in the asteroid belt?
Mars is not in the asteroid belt. The Asteroid Belt is between Mars and Jupiter.
What belt of these is found between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids. There are many thousand in the Main Belt that occupies an empty orbit between Mars and Jupiter. The largest asteroid, Ceres, has been classified as a "dwarf planet" and contains about 1/3 of the total mass of asteroids in the Main Belt.
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.
What is the main asteroid belt called?
The main asteroid belt is actually called the asteroid belt - pretty dull really.
Is Jupiter inside the asteroid belt or outside?
The planet Jupiter is outside the asteroid belt, which is located in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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 inside the asteroid belt?
No, Mars is located outside of the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, which means that Mars is not inside the asteroid belt.
