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Area between mars and Jupiter where many asteroids are located?
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We call that the "asteroid belt".
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What objects are nearly spherical in shape but share their orbital paths with other objects that are similar in size?
You can't be referring to "asteroids", because only the largest few are spherical, and they vary WIDELY in size and shape. About 60% of all asteroids orbit in the "asteroid belt", an enormous toroidal area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The other 40% of known asteroids do NOT orbit in the asteroid belt.Probably the answer is "dwarf planets" although they share their orbital neighborhoods rather than their actual orbits.
Area located at the boundary between a freshwater biome and a marine biome?
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What is between 1.52 and 5.20 AU?
The orbit of Mars is about 1.5 AU from the Sun, while the orbit of Jupiter is about 5.2 AU. (One AU, or "astronomical unit", is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun.) The area between about 3 AU and a bit over 4 AU is the "asteroid belt", a region occupied by thousands of tiny rocks and planetoids. At one time, astronomers thought that there might have been another planet between Mars and Jupiter, and many early science fiction stories postulate a planet that was destroyed by interactions with Jupiter's gravity or by an interplanetary war. Now, we believe that the influence of Jupiter's gravity probably prevented any planet from ever forming there. There are several fairly large objects in that region, including the "dwarf planet" Ceres, and an unknown number - thousands, at least! - of smaller objects.
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the empire of Babylon was located in the middle of Mesopotamia.
What two planets are asteroids between?
The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Most asteroids are located in an area between what two planets?
The asteroid belt, which consists of millions of individual asteroids of varying sizes, is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
What objects are found between Mars and Jupiter and what is the area called?
The objects that are found between Mars and Jupiter are called asteroids. This area is called the asteroid belt.
What Small rocky objects that revolve around the sun mostly in the area between mars and Jupiter?
They are asteroids.
Asteroids or planetiods circle between which planets?
The Asteroid Belt is a large toroidal (doughnut-shaped) area between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Does the sun's gravity holds most of the asteroids in the area beyond mars?
Jupiter
Does the sun's gravity or Jupiter's gravity hold asteroids in the area beyond mars?
The sun
Between what planets will you find the asteroid belt?
The largest collection of asteroids is found orbiting the Sun between orbits of Mars and Jupiter, This area is sometimes called the "asteroid belt". Think about it this way: the asteroid belt is a big highway in a circle around the Sun. The asteroids are like cars on the highway, except that they are thousands of miles apart on the average. Even so, sometimes the asteroid cars run into one another. When this happens, the asteroids may break up into smaller asteroids. Scientists think that most asteroids are the result of collisions between larger rocky space bodies. Asteroids can be a few feet to several hundred miles wide. The belt probably contains at least 40,000 asteroids that are more than 0.5 miles across. If an asteroid is disturbed by the gravitational pull of a planet, or is involved in a collision, it can be thrown out of the belt and go into orbit as a moon. Some of Jupiter's many small moons were likely once asteroids.
What planet's gravity holds most asteroids in the area beyond mars?
Jupiter has an effect on the orbits of the asteroids, but I wouldn't really say that's what holds them in the area beyond Mars.
Which two planets can you find millions of asteroids between?
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, you will find the asteroid belt. This area - which is approximately 1AU (or 149,597,870.7 km) thick - consists of over 7,000 known asteroids of various sizes. Despite the large number of objects within the belt, it isn't anything like the crowded, dangerous space often depicted in Hollywood films; the distance between any two objects can easily be a million kilometres apart.
Main Asteroid Belt?
The main asteroid belt in space rests between the plants Mars and Jupiter. About half of the area is made up of four large asteroids.
What lies between the Earth and the Asteroid Belt?
Asteroid belt is the region in the solar system located between the orbits of planets Mars and Jupiter . this region is accompanied by the numerous irregular shaped asteroids and minor objects .
