UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Between Earth and Mars
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Between Venus and Mars
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Between Mars and Jupiter
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Between Mercury and Venus
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main asteroid belt is located between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. Its total mass is only about 18% of the Moon’s mass. Ceres is the largest known object in the asteroid belt with a diameter of about 940 km, large enough to be classified as a dwarf planet, like Pluto.
Detailed explanation-2: -The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in 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 planets.
Detailed explanation-3: -Orbit Around the Sun: Located between Mars and Jupiter, the belt ranges in distance between 2.2 and 3.2 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun – 329 million to 478.7 million km (204.43 million to 297.45 million mi).