Some may have, but they have since migrated to orbits nearer the Sun.
Comets have two main sources, the Oort Cloud or the Kuiper Belt
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There certainly is enough material in the asteroid belt to form another planet, however the immense gravity of Jupiter prevented a planet from forming.
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.
Earth is classified as a planet because it orbits the sun, has enough mass to form a roughly spherical shape, and has cleared its orbit of other debris. Pluto, on the other hand, does not meet the definition of a planet because it has not cleared its orbit and is part of a region with other similar sized objects called the Kuiper Belt.
in the Kuiper Belt
Comets have two main sources, the Oort Cloud or the Kuiper Belt
No one cares.
Comets have two main sources, the Oort Cloud or the Kuiper Belt
The Kuiper belt is a ring-shaped region of ice objects that orbit the sun beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is home the the dwarf planets Pluto, Haumea, and Makemake and is the origin of most comets. Orion's belt is a set of three stars that appear to form the belt of the constellation Orion.
There isn't a planet called 'make a make', but there is a 'dwarf planet' called Makemake. This was discovered relatively recently in 2005 in the distant outer solar system, further away from the Sun than any of the true planets - in the region called the 'Kuiper belt'. It is just a bit smaller than Pluto (having about 3/4 the diameter), and is a categorised as a dwarf planet for the same reason that Pluto was 'demoted' from being called a planet in 2006. This is because although it is massive enough with sufficiently strong gravity to form a spherical shape, it has not cleared its neighbouring region of small bodies (called planetesimals). Other 'dwarf planets' of roughly similar size that have been discovered so far are Haumea (also in the Kuiper belt), Ceres (the biggest chunk of rock in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter) and Eris, which lies in the 'scattered disc' - even more distant than the Kuiper belt, about 70 times further away from the Sun than the Earth!
No. The asteroid belt is an area where there are more asteroids than in other parts of the solar system It is not a planet, nor is there enough mass in the asteroid belt to form a whole planet.
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is the Asteroid Belt, which includes the dwarf planet Ceres.
There certainly is enough material in the asteroid belt to form another planet, however the immense gravity of Jupiter prevented a planet from forming.
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.
Earth is classified as a planet because it orbits the sun, has enough mass to form a roughly spherical shape, and has cleared its orbit of other debris. Pluto, on the other hand, does not meet the definition of a planet because it has not cleared its orbit and is part of a region with other similar sized objects called the Kuiper Belt.
No planets form a belt between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroids form the Asteroid Belt in that region, and one of those is now considered to be a dwarf planet, Ceres.