SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -If all of the asteroids were combined into a ball, they would still be much smaller than the Earth’s moon. If the sun was as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of a nickel, the moon would be about as big as a green pea and Ceres (the largest asteroid) would be as small as a sesame seed.

Detailed explanation-2: -The total mass of the asteroid belt is estimated to be 2.39×1021 kg, which is just 3% of the mass of the Moon. The four largest objects, Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea, contain an estimated 62% of the belt’s total mass, with 39% accounted for by Ceres alone.

Detailed explanation-3: -Asteroids range in size from Vesta – the largest at about 329 miles (530 kilometers) in diameter – to bodies that are less than 33 feet (10 meters) across. The total mass of all the asteroids combined is less than that of Earth’s Moon.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main belt lies between Mars and Jupiter, roughly two to four times the Earth-sun distance, and spans a region about 140 million miles across.

Detailed explanation-5: -If all this material were concentrated into a single object with the same density as Ceres, it would be a dwarf planet about 700km in radius (Pluto, another dwarf planet, has a radius of 1, 188km). Such a small object would have little impact on the Solar System as a whole.

Detailed explanation-6: -D) Mars and Jupiter. A-About 1500 km in diameter, significantly smaller than the Moon. If all the material in the asteroid belt were to be combined to produce a planet, how big would it be? C) About the size of the Earth, with a diameter of about 13, 000 km.