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Why do astronomers think that you have an asteroid belt and not a planet between mars and juipter?
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There are a number of reasons. Just like astronomers can see both Mars and Jupiter in a telescope, they would be able to see a planet between them. Also, using both visual and radio telescopes, they can and do track hundreds of asteroids in the asteroid belt. They can also tell by the way Mars and Jupiter behave in their own orbits. An entire planet's gravity would effect the orbits of both planets to a much greater extent than thousands of rocks.
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Where is juipter location?
Juipter is one of the gas planets and is between Saturn and Uranus. It is seventh planet from the sun.
Is juipter a cold or hot planet?
cold
What is the planet between the asteroid belt and Jupiter?
There isn't one.
Is juipter a gas giant?
Yes. Also known as a Jovian planet
Is there a planet between Jupiter and Mars?
No, there is no known planet existing between Mars and Jupiter. Between Mars and Jupiter is an asteroid belt known as the Kepler belt.
Where is juipter location?
Juipter is one of the gas planets and is between Saturn and Uranus. It is seventh planet from the sun.
Where do asteroid belts come from?
Some astronomers think that asteroid came from fragments of a planet that disrupted by a strong gravitational force.
Why was Ceres first a planet?
Ceres was the first asteroid belt object to be discovered, and astronomers of the time had long speculated that a planet might exist between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars. Later, the discovery of other asteroid belt objects cast doubt on Ceres' status as a planet.
What is one good hypothesis why the asteroids did form a planet?
in between mars and jupitor is the asteroid belt astronomers believe thease lumps of rock were once a small planet that brock up and formed the asteroid belt hundred s of millions years ago
Is Pluto an inferior planet?
Pluto is no longer considered a planet by major astronomers. It has been reclassified as a Kuiper Belt object- a sort of secondary asteroid belt among the outer planets, not the one between Jupiter and Mars. as such it is no longer a planet.
What planet is the asteroid between?
The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Is juipter a cold or hot planet?
cold
What is Jupiter next too?
The Planet Jupiter is between the planet Saturn and the asteroid belt. On the other side of the asteroid belt is the planet Mars.
Why is pluto the ninth planet?
It is no longer classified as a planet as astronomers now believe its a asteroid that got pulled into an orbit with our sun. Some also believe it to be a misplaced moon of Neptune.
What is the distance between mars and Jupiter's called?
There is a region in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter that, some scientists believed, ought to contain a planet. Early astronomers started looking for a planet in that gap, and found instead tens of thousands of small bodies that they called "little star-like thing". It sounds better in Latin; "Asteroid". So the area between Mars and Jupiter is sometimes called the "asteroid belt".
What the largest known asteroid?
Ceres, discovered Jan. 1, 1801 by Piazzi. He and other astronomers were looking for the "missing" planet that "ought" to exist between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Ceres is about 900 km in diameter.
What is the planet between the asteroid belt and Jupiter?
There isn't one.
