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The dwarf planet called Ceres orbits the Sun in the asteroid belt. ... This area is sometimes called the "asteroid belt". Think about it this way: the asteroid belt is a big highway in a circle around the Sun. Think about the asteroids as cars on the highway. Sometimes, the asteroid cars run into one another.
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This "belt" of asteroids follows a slightly elliptical path as it orbits the Sun in the same direction as the planets. It takes anywhere from three to six Earth years for a complete revolution around the Sun. An asteroid may be pulled out of its orbit by the gravitational pull of a larger object such as a planet.
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Asteroid belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor...
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Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids. ... Main Belt: located between Mars and Jupiter roughly 2 - 4 AU from the Sun; further divided into subgroups: Hungarias, Floras, Phocaea, Koronis, Eos, Themis, Cybeles and Hildas (which are named after the main asteroid in the group).
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www.nineplanets.org/asteroids.html
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The Main Asteroid Belt is located between Mars and Jupiter. ... The Asteroid Belt is a region between the inner planets and outer planets where thousands of asteroids are found orbitting around the Sun.
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kids.nineplanets.org/asteroid.htm
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Astronomers announced today what they say is the first solid evidence for solid rocks orbiting another star, an asteroid belt that might be similar to the one surrounding our own Sun between Mars and Jupiter. ... Asteroid Belt Like Ours Spotted Around Another Star ; By Robert Roy Britt; Senior Science Writer; posted:
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Learn How Big Space Is With KidsAstronomy.com ... The asteroid belt is divided into an inner belt and an outer belt. The inner belt which is made up of asteroids that are within 250 million miles of the Sun contains asteroids that are made of metals.
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www.kidsastronomy.com/asteroid.htm
www.kidsastronomy.com/asteroid.htm
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Astronomers think that the asteroid belt is made up of material that was never able to form into a planet, or of the remains of a planet which broke apart a very long time ago. The asteroids in the asteroid belt come in a varity of sizes.
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