Asteroid Belt History
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The asteroid belt is a major component in the solar system which is mostly made up of the pure substance we know as the element hydrogen. The asteroid belt is located between the two planets, Mars and Jupiter. It is known as the Main Belt due to the other asteroids that also roam the solar system. The four largest asteroids in the entire belt take up about half the mass of the whole belt. One of these asteroids is Ceres. The asteroid belt is an array of asteroids that can range from 950 km to a dust particle. Many processes go on in the asteroid belt. Each asteroid has its own orbital patterns and compositions that it is currently following. You may wonder, how do asteroids get these patterns and ways? The answer is mainly collisions. Since there are so many asteroids in the asteroid belt many times they will have collisions. This forms an "asteroid family" which allows some asteroids to follow the same patterns. Also going on in the asteroid belt is the creation of light. This also occurs in the fine dust compounds(a compound is two atoms that bond to make a pure substance) that is produced in collisions. Luckily, the asteroids are thinly distributed so most of the unmanned spacecraft do not crash while traveling through. The asteroid belt is a mysterious, yet magnificent part of our solar system and once astronomers start making trips out to the explore it... we will surely want to know more and more about it. Ceres is one the biggest asteroids in the asteroid belt, although it is smaller then Jupiter it definitely claims its space in the universe!
Information above found from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt
Information above found from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt