SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Most of this ancient space rubble can be found orbiting our Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -If an asteroid is captured by the gravitational pull of a planet, the asteroid can be pulled out of the belt and go into orbit as a moon around the planet that pulled on it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Outer space is vast. And thus, despite there being many millions (possibly billions) of objects in the asteroid belt, the average distance between them is 600, 000 miles (about 1 million km). This means that spacecraft can fly through the asteroid belt without colliding with any asteroids.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The asteroids stay in the asteroid belt because their speed and the shape of their orbits dictate that they stay there, and because of the gravity of the Sun that keeps them in orbit around it.