INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Asteroids. The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. Hence option 4 is correct. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets.

Detailed explanation-2: -The asteroid belt is present in the gap between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter and contains large number of small objects that revolves around the Sun called asteroids.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ceres (/ˈsɪəriːz/; minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first asteroid discovered, on 1 January 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily and announced as a new planet.

Detailed explanation-4: -On the inner edge of this main belt, asteroids take about three years to orbit the Sun. Those near the outer limit of the main belt take twice as long. The word ‘asteroid’ means ‘star-like’. They were given this name because they can only be seen as points of light in most telescopes.