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Origin of the Asteroid Belt

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Aug 10, 1998 ... Has it ever been considered that the asteroid belt was maybe a destroyed planet ? ... The fact that the asteroid belt has such a well-defined, high concentration of asteroids ... "There is far too little mass in the belt to constitute a planet, and the ... External links contain material that we found to be relevant

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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


Is Earth located inside the asteroid belt?

No most of the asteroids are in the asteroid belt which is between Mars and Jupiter.


What type of asteroids are located in the middle region of the asteroid belt?

M-Type asteroids


Is mars located inside or outside the asteroid belt?

Mars is located outside the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where many asteroids are located.


Between the two plants is the asteroid belt located?

The asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter. There are thousands of asteroids in the belt, although most of them are fairly small.


Where are the most asteroid located?

There is no definite area where asteroids are concentrated in but within our solar system, the asteroid belt should have the highest amount of asteroids.


What two planets are asteroids between?

The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.


What two planets are most asteroids in between?

The asteroid belt is located between the planets of Mars and Jupiter.


Are all the astroids in the solar system located in the asteroid belt?

No. The asteroid belt merely contains the greatest portion of the solar system's asteroids.


What is a band of asteroids?

A band of asteroids, also known as an asteroid belt, is a region in space between Mars and Jupiter where a large concentration of asteroids are found. These asteroids vary in size, shape, and composition, and are thought to be remnants from the early solar system. The most well-known asteroid belt is the Main Asteroid Belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.


Area between mars and Jupiter where many asteroids are located?

We call that the "asteroid belt".


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.