Questions about the large ring of rocky bodies between Mars and Jupiter.
Questions tagged [asteroid-belt]
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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…
Pablo
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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%…
Ninosław Brzostowiecki
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