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No, some are in the same orbit as Jupiter, some are in the inner solar system, near and between the orbits of the planets (even though no asteroids were ever discovered inside the orbit of Mercury)
There are even asteroids beyond the orbit of Jupiter.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 8y agoWell, first some clarification of terminology: A "meteor" by definition is a piece of rock falling through earth's atmosphere and being heated by friction to the point where it is incandescent. Meteors are the product of meteoroids, which are defined as "sand-to-boulder sized particles of debris occurring naturally in the solar system". Some ( possibly most) meteoroids originate from the meteorite belt between Jupiter and Mars, but some are probably random from other sources. Several meteoroids found on earth have been linked, to the satisfaction of most astronomers, to a Martian origin originally. But, to keep terminology correct, there are no orbiting "meteors". Only orbiting meteorites that are potential meteors.
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∙ 11y agoNO. However most asteroids do.
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What is the term for the rocky bodies that orbit the sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
What is a small planet like object between Mars and Jupiter?
The asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter. [See related question] The largest is Ceres, a dwarf planet.
A rocky object that forms an orbit between mars and Jupiter?
asteroid belt
What planets and other objects revolve around the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto- though Pluto is no longer classed as a planet. In addition, between Mars and Jupiter is the asteroid belt and they also revolve (orbit the sun). Comets have a cigar shaped orbit but also revolve around the sun. There are many of them.
What is an irregularly shaped rocky mass that is smaller than a planet and occupies an orbit around the sun and are most found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
An asteroid from the orbit between Mars and Jupiter known as the asteroid belt.
Do comets orbit mars and Jupiter?
No. Comets orbit the sun. Many asteroids orbit the sun in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Are comets asteroids or meteoroids found in orbit between Mars and Jupiter?
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is the asteroid belt, which contains the bulk of the solar system's asteroids. Where there are asteroids the are undoubtedly meteoroids.
Does most comets have a circular orbit that keeps them in the space between mars and Jupiter?
No, most comets do not have a circular orbit in the space between Mars and Jupiter. The majority of comets originate from two regions in our solar system: the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud. These regions are far beyond Mars and Jupiter, and the comets from these regions follow highly elliptical orbits that can take them close to the sun or far into the outer reaches of the solar system.
Does the oort cloud go between mars and Jupiter?
The asteroid belt is in between the orbit or Mars and Jupiter. The Oort cloud is beyond the orbit of Neptune.
What is the term for the rocky bodies that orbit the sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
What is the term for the rocky bodies that orbit the sun and a belt between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
How many comets does Mars have?
There are no comets that orbit the planet Mars. Comets, some, orbit the sun. Mars on the other hand does have two moons, Phobos and Deimos.
What bodies in the solar system orbit between orbit between mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids
What are located between the orbit of mars and Jupiter?
The asteroids.
What are the masses called that orbit between Mars and Jupiter?
The asteroids.
What tiny planets orbit between Jupiter and mars?
Asteroids
What are the objects that are found in a belt orbiting the sun between mars and Jupiter?
asteroids and comets
