Questions tagged [asteroid-belt]

Questions about the large ring of rocky bodies between Mars and Jupiter.

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Which is the farthest distance a particular distant known- identified object from the asteroid belt can get from the sun?

According to Space facts The Asteroid Belt is located in an area of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. That places it between 2.2 and 3.2 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun But asteroids from the asteroid Velt like Pallas and…
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What was the composition of the primordial asteroid belt?

According to one theory, the region between Mars and Jupiter was once populated by several primordial planets with a combined mass of roughly the earth. These planets provided the material that made up the original asteroid belt. Since then, 99.9%…