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Why do scientists refer to it as an asteroid belt and not a planet?
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Currently the combined mass of all the asteroids in the asteroid belt is much less than that of any planet, though there were probably many more asteroids in the belt when the solar system was young. One of the leading hypotheses is that gravitational disturbances from Jupiter prevented a planet from forming where the asteroid belt is.
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What planet do scientists NOT consider a major planet?
the only planet that scientists do not consider a planet is Pluto, (but they also found new planets in the asteroid belt.)Pluto
Why scientists theorize that the asteroid belt did not form a planet?
scientists theorize that it was jupiters gravity that kept it from forming
What planet is not made of rocks?
All the planets after the asteroid belt besides Pluto. (Which scientists proved that Pluto is not a planet.)
Where is the asteroid belt in the planet Jupiter?
The asteroid belt is not in Jupiter.
Was there ever a planet in the Asteroid belt?
No planet ever existed where the asteroid belt is. The mass is insufficient for a planet to have formed from all that debris.
Does Uranus have an asteroid belt?
Saturn isn't located in the asteroid belt. In the solar system, you have the sun, mercury, venus, earth, mars, the asteroid belt (separating terrestrial and jovian planets) then jupiter, saturn, uranus, and finally neptune. Pluto is not a planet.
What planet is located behind the asteroid belt?
Jupiter is behind the asteroid belt
Is the planet Uranus located inside the asteroid belt or inside the asteroid belt?
no
Is a asteroid belt a terrestrial planet?
No. The asteroid belt is an area where there are more asteroids than in other parts of the solar system It is not a planet, nor is there enough mass in the asteroid belt to form a whole planet.
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.
What planets are in the asteroid belt?
None. Ceres is the only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt.
Is earth in the asteroid belt?
There are asteroids around, but the asteroid belt is out beyond the planet Mars.
