SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Main Asteroid Belt: The majority of known asteroids orbit within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, generally with not very elongated orbits. The belt is estimated to contain between 1.1 and 1.9 million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) in diameter, and millions of smaller ones.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most of this ancient space rubble can be found orbiting the 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-3: -The asteroids of the inner Solar System and Jupiter: The belt is located between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars. By far the largest object within the belt is the dwarf planet Ceres.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.