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What is the Interstellar chunks of matter forming a belt between Mars and Jupiter?
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The Asteroid Belt
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Remnants of a planet that never formed?
The asteroid belt (Main Asteroid Belt) between Mars and Jupiter contains many millions of planetesimals, chunks of rock and ice that apparently never coalesced into a planet.
What are chunks of rock and metal that orbit between the planets?
Those are called satellites.
How does the solar nebula theory help us understand the location of asteroids?
The "Asteroid Belt" between Mars and Jupiter, once thought to be a destroyed planet, is most probably the result of Jupiter's powerful gravity preventing small bodies from aggregating into decent-sized planets (the biggest asteroid, Ceres, has received the designation of "dwarf planet"). Most of the material which might have gone into planet-making probably fell into Jupiter, with little Mars just getting two smallish chunks which became its moons, Phobos and Deimos. On the other side of Jupiter, Saturn competed for asteroids, and between those two giants the region was pretty well swept up. There are still some asteroids scattered throughout the Solar System, including a few that are close enough to Earth to concern us.
How does the solar nebula theory help understand the location of asteroids?
The "Asteroid Belt" between Mars and Jupiter, once thought to be a destroyed planet, is most probably the result of Jupiter's powerful gravity preventing small bodies from aggregating into decent-sized planets (the biggest asteroid, Ceres, has received the designation of "dwarf planet"). Most of the material which might have gone into planet-making probably fell into Jupiter, with little Mars just getting two smallish chunks which became its moons, Phobos and Deimos. On the other side of Jupiter, Saturn competed for asteroids, and between those two giants the region was pretty well swept up. There are still some asteroids scattered throughout the Solar System, including a few that are close enough to Earth to concern us.
What is in the solar system and is big chunks of dirt and ice with tails?
big chunks of dirt or ice with tails
Interstellar chunks of matter forming a belt between mars and Jupiter are what?
Asteroid belt. They are not "interstellar", of course.
What chunks of rock's are most of which found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
astriods
What Chunks of rock most of which are found between the orbits of mars and Jupiter?
astriods
What is the term for the chunks of rock located between mars and jupiter?
the asteroid belt
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.
What are the chunks of metal and rock between the planets?
The chunks of metal and rock between the planets are known as asteroids. They are small celestial bodies that orbit the Sun. Asteroids can vary in size, ranging from small boulders to objects several hundred kilometers in diameter. They are primarily found in the asteroid belt, a region located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, although some asteroids can also be found in other parts of the solar system.
What is one difference of dwarf planets and asteroids?
asteroids are small chunks of rock which move in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter while dwarf planets like Pluto have a centrifugal force and orbit the sun.
Remnants of a planet that never formed?
The asteroid belt (Main Asteroid Belt) between Mars and Jupiter contains many millions of planetesimals, chunks of rock and ice that apparently never coalesced into a planet.
What is the difference between tuna flakes and chunks?
Canned tuna labeled as flakes, comes from skipjack. Canned tuna labeled as chunks, come from bluefin.
How does an object become a planet?
it is a very good question. It starts like this meteors shoot out from Jupiter to a place like earth, if they don't hit anything from millions of miles they will stop. then dark matter (the thing that holds our universe) will put them together and make chunks. then those chunks form bigger chunks so on and so on. finally they make a planet. this takes billions of years.
What are chunks of rock and metal that orbit between the planets?
Those are called satellites.
Why north America has so many lakes and rivers?
lakes such as 4 of 5 of the great lkaes were formed by large chunks of ice melting forming a large cavity, rivers are formed by flows of water forming rivers by erosion, or by shifts in underground plates moving the continents
