Asteroid Belt

The Asteroid Belt

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The Asteroid Belt is a region between Jupiter's and Mars's orbital areas. The four largest objects in this belt are Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea. Their masses combined makes up half of the whole belt's total mass. The belt is located 2.2 to 3.2 *(Au) from the sun.

Table of Facts

Mass 2.8 x 1021 kg to 3.2 x 1021 kg (total)
Orbit Period (Sun, Jupiter & Mars)
Radius 375000 km (combined) (0.54 *R☉)
Gravity *varies* m/s2
Temperature *varies* *K
Moon(s) wat