UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The largest asteroid in the asteroid belt is Ceres
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Ceres and Vesta are both in the asteroid belt
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The asteroid belt contains millions of asteroids
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Pluto is in the asteroid belt
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dr. Mark Littmann, the astronomy and journalism professor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville contends that Pluto does have merits to be considered a planet. He said that Pluto is too large to be an asteroid since “(It) has about three times more mass than all the asteroids in the solar system put together”.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer 1) “The main asteroid belt is probably debris that would have formed a planet had Jupiter not prevented it” is true statement among the given all options. Generally asteroid belts are …
Detailed explanation-3: -The Kuiper Belt is named for astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who published a scientific paper in 1951 that speculated about objects beyond Pluto.
Detailed explanation-4: -In August 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded the status of Pluto to that of “dwarf planet.” This means that from now on only the rocky worlds of the inner Solar System and the gas giants of the outer system will be designated as planets.