SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -The current belt consists primarily of three categories of asteroids: C-type or carbonaceous asteroids, S-type or silicate asteroids, and M-type or metallic asteroids.

Detailed explanation-2: -The four largest asteroids in the belt are called Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea. These large asteroids make up about half of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. Scientists like to say that if you combined all of these rocky asteroids together, it would make a planet a bit smaller than Earth’s moon.

Detailed explanation-3: -The main asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter, and Trojan asteroids both lead and follow Jupiter.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Kuiper belt (/ˈkaɪpər/) is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. It is similar to the asteroid belt, but is far larger-20 times as wide and 20–200 times as massive.

Detailed explanation-5: -Individual asteroids within the belt are categorized by their spectra, with most falling into three basic groups: carbonaceous (C-type), silicate (S-type), and metal-rich (M-type).