UNIVERSE
METEOROIDS
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Jupiter and Saturn
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Earth and Mars
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Neptune and Pluto
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Mars and Jupiter
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Detailed explanation-1: -The asteroid belt in the Solar Sytem is between the orbits of planets Mars and Jupiter. It is located about 2.2 to 3.2 Astronomical Units (AU) from the Sun in which many small bodies orbit the sun.
Detailed explanation-2: -Asteroids are concentrated in the asteroid belt because of orbital resonances between asteroids and Jupiter. Asteroids with orbital periods that are a simple ratio of Jupiter’s 12-year orbital period experience the same gravitational nudge on a regular basis.
Detailed explanation-3: -Another group of asteroids called the Trojan Family circles the Sun in Jupiter’s orbit. Two other classes of asteroids are the Centaurs, whose orbits are beyond that of Jupiter but within the orbit of Neptune, and the Transneptunians that are objects orbiting beyond (or crossing) the orbit of Neptune.