Asteroids come in different sizes, from about 10 meters (by definition), to near the size of a planet (as in Pluto or Eris). Correspondingly, the surface gravity will be less or more, depending on the size. The surface gravity of an object 10 meters in diameter will be insignificant - you would probably fly off into space if you push yourself off with a slight movement of your finger.
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.
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.
There certainly is enough material in the asteroid belt to form another planet, however the immense gravity of Jupiter prevented a planet from forming.
Gravity and inertia. The rocks in the asteroid belt are in free fall, and orbit the Sun under the influence of gravity. Sometimes they collide, and the fragments are knocked into different orbits, and sometimes those new orbits cause the objects to leave the asteroid belt. Some astronomers believe that the asteroid that hit the Earth 65 million years ago came from the asteroid belt after a collision like this.
The asteroid belt does not have a surface as it is not an objects. It is a loose scattering of objects.
None. An asteroid does not have strong enough gravity to hold onto an atmosphere.
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.
If the asteroid is large, its own gravity will pull it together, into a more or less spherical shape. With smaller asteroids, the gravity is not large enough, and the shape will be irregular.
Gravity
Just like any other astronomical body that you might visit, the acceleration due to gravity on the asteroid's surface is going to depend on its mass, and on the distance between your center of mass and the asteroid's center of mass. (I didn't want to say the asteroid's "radius", because many of them are notoriously unspherical and weird-shaped, like a big old Russet Burbank.)
Usually by another asteroid moving through the belt and hitting one, creating a force to move an asteroid from its orbit. Also, if a large enough asteroid passes by, it is possible that the gravity that it generates could pull a few off.
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.
It's a question of sufficient gravity. A man might walk right off the asteroid if he tried to walk at all.
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.
You jump on the asteroid, use the action button and get off the asteroid right away or you'll get crushed. afterwards destroy the four gravity wheels holding the asteroid you should destroy the wheels by shooting past the shell and hitting the glowing inside notice that you will have to jump on the asteroid and run around it into space, or you won't be able to get the last to gravity wheels
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.
Jupiter's gravity kept planetesimals from accreting