Before the discovery of the Asteroid Belt, many astronomers and mathematicians wondered why it is that the planets are arranged in the orbits that we see today. Foremost amongst their questions was: 'Why is there such a large gap between Mars and Jupiter?' There were many theories put forward in an attempt to explain this anomaly, but the first one that contemplated the existence of the Asteroid Belt was proposed by Thomas Wright in the mid-18th Century; he thought that it might contain a planet that had been smashed apart by a comet.
The asteroid belt is in between Mars and Jupiter.
Depends which way you are heading :-) Mars --> Asteroid Belt <-- 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.
Main asteroid beltThe asteroid belt
The asteroid belt orbits between the rocky planets and the gas giants.
They are origanted in the asteroid belt when they are broken off an asteroid.
They are origanted in the asteroid belt when they are broken off an asteroid.
Scientists may not have named all of the asteroids in the asteroid belt because there are so many that they are hard to keep track of.
between mars and jupiter.
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.
Ceres is in the asteroid belt, between Mars and Jupiter.
Mars is not in the asteroid belt. The Asteroid Belt is between Mars and Jupiter.
The asteroid belt is in between Mars and Jupiter.
The asteroid belt is not in Jupiter.
Venus is not in any asteroid belt.
Scientists theorize that the asteroid belt did not form a planet due to the gravitational influence of Jupiter disrupting planet formation. Jupiter's strong gravity prevented the material in the asteroid belt from accreting into a planet.
The main asteroid belt is actually called the asteroid belt - pretty dull really.