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Most of the asteroids in our Solar system are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It is referred to as the Asteroid belt. They are rocky remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 13y agoTraditionally, asteroids have not been thought to orbit around around the Earth, however recent studies have suggested there are indeed asteroids that are in temporary orbits around the earth. Cruithne is just such an asteroid - it has a highly eccentric elliptical orbit, and is expected to pass nearby every 770 years for about the next 5,000 years before its orbit becomes unstable (due to gravitational interactions with nearby planets and moons) and it will fly off elsewhere.
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Such asteroids remain in temporary orbit around the earth exactly in the same way the moon remains in orbit - by the pull of the earth's gravity.
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Alternatively, some asteroids pass by the earth without ever orbiting around it. Nevertheless, the earth's gravitational field alters the asteroid's path, and in this sense, we could loosely argue that the asteroid moved around the earth.
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∙ 11y agoBetween Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt
The largest collection of asteroids is found in the asteroid belt, a ring located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
It is sometimes called the Main Belt because asteroids exist in other orbits as well.
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∙ 9y agoAsteroids are formed when gravity pulls wandering rocks together to form giant rocks we know as asteroids. When their mass gets so big they can sometimes become spherical and orbit stars (but we normally call these dwarf planets). In our solar system we have an asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This is where they come from now.
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∙ 10y agoEverywhere!
The "asteroid belt", a region of space between Mars and Jupiter, contains thousands of asteroids, but there are that many or more which are NOT in the asteroid belt. These are spread throughout the solar system.
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∙ 11y agoMost of the asteroids do orbit the Sun, in orbits between Mars and Jupiter. Mars and Jupiter are widely separated and it could be that the asteroids are rocks that failed to come together to from a planet in the way that the other planets did.
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∙ 12y agoJust like every other member of the solar system, each asteroid orbits the sun
in its own unique elliptical orbit. The main concentration of asteroids are found
between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. But a relatively small number of them,
with orbits of somewhat greater eccentricity, do leave that gap, and spend time
farther from the sun than Jupiter is, and closer to the sun than Earth is.
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∙ 11y agoAll the time. The most common area for asteroids (as far as we know right now, anyway!) is in the "asteroid belt", an indistinct area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
But we really don't have a good inventory of asteroids. New ones keep being discovered, often just as they are passing the Earth or just after having passed by the Earth. The smaller and more distant ones are probably a complete mystery to us, and will be until we GO there and explore for ourselves.
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∙ 13y agoMore than 100,000 asteroids orbit in a belt between Mars and Jupiter. These asteroids lie in a location in the solar system where there seems to be a jump in the spacing between the planets.
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∙ 12y agoYes. There is an asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter.
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What is true about asteroids?
Asteroids orbit the Sun, and some of them can cross the Earth's orbit.
Do asteroids move slower than stars?
Most asteroids orbit around stars and move faster than them.
What are the names of the asteroids that cross Earth's orbit and Jupiter's orbit?
Main Belt asteroids -- a band of asteroids located in the "missing planet" gap between Mars and Jupiter. None of these are economically attractive in a near term program because they are too far from Earth.Amor asteroids -- asteroids whose orbits approach but do not cross Earth orbit, and whose orbits are further from the Sun than Earth's orbit (i.e., "outside-t" Earth orbit). Many have orbits which reside entirely between Earth and Mars. Some of these are economically attractive in the near term.Apollo asteroids -- asteroids whose orbits cross Earth's orbit. Apollo asteroids spend most of their time outside Earth orbit. Many of these are economically attractive in the near term.Aten asteroids -- asteroids whose orbits cross Earth's orbit. Unlike Apollos, Atens spend most of their time inside Earth orbit. A large percentage of known Atens are economically attractive in the near term.
What is the eccentricity of asteroids?
it is how circular and asteroids orbit path is.
Asteroids have irregular what?
Shape or orbit
Do most asteroids orbit in the same direction as planets?
Yes asteroids orbit the sun counter-clockwise, just like all the planets
Where do most the astreoids orbit?
Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the Asteroid Belt.
What is true about asteroids?
Asteroids orbit the Sun, and some of them can cross the Earth's orbit.
Do asteroids move slower than stars?
Most asteroids orbit around stars and move faster than them.
What are the names of the asteroids that cross Earth's orbit and Jupiter's orbit?
Main Belt asteroids -- a band of asteroids located in the "missing planet" gap between Mars and Jupiter. None of these are economically attractive in a near term program because they are too far from Earth.Amor asteroids -- asteroids whose orbits approach but do not cross Earth orbit, and whose orbits are further from the Sun than Earth's orbit (i.e., "outside-t" Earth orbit). Many have orbits which reside entirely between Earth and Mars. Some of these are economically attractive in the near term.Apollo asteroids -- asteroids whose orbits cross Earth's orbit. Apollo asteroids spend most of their time outside Earth orbit. Many of these are economically attractive in the near term.Aten asteroids -- asteroids whose orbits cross Earth's orbit. Unlike Apollos, Atens spend most of their time inside Earth orbit. A large percentage of known Atens are economically attractive in the near term.
What is the eccentricity of asteroids?
it is how circular and asteroids orbit path is.
What do you call chunks of rock and ice that orbit around a planet?
Asteroids. Most asteroids lie between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Do comets orbit asteroids?
No. Comets orbit the sun.
Does a asteroid orbit the sun?
Yes. Asteroids orbit the sun.
Do asteroids fall out of orbit?
Yes they do.
Do asteroids have a elliptical orbit?
No, comets do.
Asteroids have irregular what?
Shape or orbit
