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The asteroid belt does not have a surface as it is not an objects. It is a loose scattering of objects.

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Is there gravity on the asteroid belt?

Yes, there is gravity in the asteroid belt, but it is much weaker than Earth's gravity due to the belt's low mass and spread-out distribution of asteroids. This weaker gravity allows the asteroids to remain in their orbits without being pulled together into a single body.


Are the asteroids in the Asteroid Belt always moving?

Yes, asteroids in the Asteroid Belt are constantly moving due to the gravitational interactions among them and the influence of the Sun's gravity. Their orbits may change over time due to the gravitational pulls of nearby planets or other asteroids.


What is the name for a band of asteroids?

Some asteroids are considered associated and are called "groups." Most asteroids are not part of groups but are in a "belt" positioned between Mars and Jupiter. Certain zones of gravitional equilibrium can capture asteroids. These zones are known as LaGrange Points. Jupiter, having the most powerful planetary gravity, has several groups at these points. Two of them, because the individual asteroids in them are named after heroes in the Trojan War, are known as "Trojan asteroids." One group is the "Trojan" group and another is the "Greek" group, even though there's an important Trojan in the Greeks and an important Greek with the Trojans.


Asteroids are found between the orbits of?

The asteroid belt is located between the orbi of Jupiter and Mars


What does the belt of asteroids look like?

Well, they look like a big belt of asteroids circling around planets or galaxy.

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Is there gravity on the asteroid belt?

Yes, there is gravity in the asteroid belt, but it is much weaker than Earth's gravity due to the belt's low mass and spread-out distribution of asteroids. This weaker gravity allows the asteroids to remain in their orbits without being pulled together into a single body.


Are the asteroids in the Asteroid Belt always moving?

Yes, asteroids in the Asteroid Belt are constantly moving due to the gravitational interactions among them and the influence of the Sun's gravity. Their orbits may change over time due to the gravitational pulls of nearby planets or other asteroids.


Is it true that Deimos and Phobos are believed to be asteroids from the belt between Mars and Jupiter pulled by Mars' gravity?

Yes, it is commonly thought the moons originated as asteroids, pulled from the belt by gravity.


Does the asteroid belt have an astmosphere?

No. The asteroid belt is not an object but a region with more asteroids than the rest of the solar system. Asteroids themselves have too little gravity to have atmospheres.


How much gravity does the asteroid belt have compared to earth?

The gravity in the asteroid belt is much weaker than on Earth due to its scattered and small mass. Objects in the asteroid belt experience very low gravity, with most asteroids having too little mass to exert a significant gravitational force on one another.


Why do asteroids shoot?

The reason asteroids shoot is because gravity pulls them away from the belt. A other reason that asteroids shoot is because smaller asteroids hit them and send them rorring through the air.


Does asteroid belt have a surface?

No. The asteroid belt is not an object. It is a region of the solar system where there are more asteroids than in other areas.


What is the name for a band of asteroids?

Some asteroids are considered associated and are called "groups." Most asteroids are not part of groups but are in a "belt" positioned between Mars and Jupiter. Certain zones of gravitional equilibrium can capture asteroids. These zones are known as LaGrange Points. Jupiter, having the most powerful planetary gravity, has several groups at these points. Two of them, because the individual asteroids in them are named after heroes in the Trojan War, are known as "Trojan asteroids." One group is the "Trojan" group and another is the "Greek" group, even though there's an important Trojan in the Greeks and an important Greek with the Trojans.


What are bits of comets and asteroids call?

asteroids belt


What are large gaps in the asteroid belt often called Kirkwood gaps are caused by?

Kirkwood gaps are caused by the gravitational influence of Jupiter on the asteroids in the asteroid belt. Jupiter's gravity creates resonant orbits that cause asteroids to avoid specific regions in the belt, creating these gaps.


What are the large rocks that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter called?

Asteroids ("star like things") better name Planetoids ("planet like things"). Bits of the rocky parts of the early Solar System that didn't get to form into one planet, presumably due to the perturbations of Jupiter's gravity. They lie in a harmonic zone where a planet should be, but the largest of them, Ceres, is only about the size of Texas.


My buddies and I form a belt between Mars and Jupiter?

Between Mars and Jupiter is an asteroid belt.