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Between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter, there is the asteroid belt. This is made up of millions of small rocks that are in a direct orbit around the sun. Most of these objects are boulder sized or smaller, but some are quite large. The largest is a Dwarf planet called Ceres, which is around 975km in diameter. Its the only one in the asteroid belt called a dwarf planet as it it big enough, and has enough gravity to make itself into a spherical shape.

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Where is the largest gap between planets?

No. It is Mars and Jupiter. It is the biggest gap due to the asteroid belt


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".


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he wondered if there was a reason that the planets closest to the sun move faster than the planets farther away.


How does the distance between the inner planets differ from the distance between the outer planets?

The distance between the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) is comparatively smaller than the distance between the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) in our solar system. The inner planets are closer to the Sun and each other, while the outer planets are much farther apart due to the gap between the terrestrial and gas giant planets.


What does Mars orbit?

The orbital gap between the planets of Mars and Jupiter is referred to as the Asteroid Belt.In the Asteroid Belt are a widely-scattered assortment of space rocks (called asteroids), some of which are large enough to be visible from Earth. There are many millions of asteroids, but the region is so large that they are usually thousands of miles from each other. The dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the Belt.

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Where is the largest gap between planets?

No. It is Mars and Jupiter. It is the biggest gap due to the asteroid belt


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".


Why is Jupiter located between Mars and Saturn?

Jupiter is located between Mars and Saturn because of the way the planets formed in our solar system. Jupiter's massive size and gravity prevented a planet from forming in the gap between Mars and Jupiter, leading to the creation of the asteroid belt. Similarly, Saturn's position is the result of the distribution of material in the early solar system.


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