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They are all irregular in shape due to their small size and corresponding low gravity. All except for one, called Ceres. Ceres is the biggest one and is just big enough to pull itself into an approximatly spherical shape - it is therefore classed as a dwarf planet.
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What is the shape of the path of a planet or asteroid around the sun called?
The path itself is called its orbit. The shape is an ellipse, with the sun sitting at one of the foci.
Why isn't an asteroid considered a moon?
A moon is an object that orbits a planet or similar body. An asteroid that gets caught in orbit around a planet can be considered a moon. Most asteroids instead orbit the sun.
A rocky object that forms an orbit between mars and Jupiter?
asteroid belt
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.
What is an asterriod?
An asteroid's definition is a object that orbits around the sun at a certain velocity, asteroids are most commonly found between the orbit of Mars and Jupiterand there is also another asteroid belt located behind the orbit of Neptune
What is an asteroid's orbit?
All closed gravitationalorbitsare ellipses.So the shape of an asteroid's orbit iselliptical.
What is the size and shape for Venus?
If you mean the shape of the orbit, it's an ellipse.
Does Pluto's orbit overlaps the orbit of the asteroid Ceres?
Pluto's orbit DOES NOT overlap the orbit of the asteroid Ceres. But it does overlap the orbit of the planet neptune
What is the shape of the path of a planet or asteroid around the sun called?
The path itself is called its orbit. The shape is an ellipse, with the sun sitting at one of the foci.
What does Eros orbit?
Eros is an asteroid that crosses Mars' orbit. It was the first asteroid to be landed on by human probe.
Is Mars located inside or outside of the Asteroid Belt?
It is not inside of the Asteroid Belt in the sense of being part of it. In terms of the order of orbits from the Sun, Mars is inside the orbit of the Asteroid Belt and Jupiter's orbit is outside the orbit of the Asteroid Belt.
Does a asteroid orbit the sun?
Yes. Asteroids orbit the sun.
What is an asteroid if it leaves its orbit?
a meteor
Why do some asteroids leave there orbit?
They could be knocked out of orbit by being hit from a comet, or a 'rogue' asteroid that's not part of the asteroid belt.
How long does it take for the asteroid belt to orbit mars?
The asteroid belt orbits the Sun. Phobos and Deimos the moons of Mars orbit Mars.
Is an asteroid the same thing as an asteroid belt?
No. An asteroid is a relatively large chunk of rock and/or metal in orbit around the sun. The asteroid belt is a region in the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where the majority of the asteroids orbit.
Is mar in the inside or the outside of the asteroid belt?
The asteroid belt is beyond the orbit of Mars.
