Asteroid belt?

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does anyone know how the asteroid belt was formed? or why it is where it is?

2007-03-20 09:08:39 · 3 answers · asked by Jade Skye 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space

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it's leftover rocky debris that never formed into a planet.

2007-03-20 09:15:37 · answer #1 · answered by xooxcable 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

the asteroid belt is the left overs for what it was once a huge planet,the Milky Way .now is the key for the stability of the planets.its gravitational pull holds together all the planets in the Milky WY.

2007-03-21 18:02:10 · answer #2 · answered by wizar10443_1989 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It's remnants from the time when the solar system was still forming. Jupiter's gravity has prevented the stuff there from forming into a larger body like a planet.

2007-03-20 16:15:49 · answer #3 · answered by Arkalius 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋