where are most asteroids found?

Question

and.... what 2 forces affect the tail of a comet?
what 3 sources do most asteroids originate from?

thanx!!!!

Answer 1

Asteroids are mostly found (in our solar system at least) in a large belt located between Mars and Jupiter.

Asteroids can originate from chunks of other planetary bodies that have been knocked off in collisions. Also, it is speculated that some asteroids formed in much the same way Earth did during the Big Bang and therefore have existed as long as the Earth/Solar System.

Answer 2

"...where are most asteroids found?..."
In what's called the Asteroid Belt lying between Mars and Jupiter. There's also another concentration of asteroids called the Kuiper Belt that lies outside the orbit of Neptune.

"...what 2 forces affect the tail of a comet?..."
*Heating* from the sun boils off material from the nucleus of the comet that is shaped and pushed into a long tail by *solar radiation*.

"...3 sources do most asteroids originate from?..."
(1) the remains of a planetoid that once existed between Mars and Jupiter;
(3) material left over from the formation of the solar system;
(4) collisions between asteroids

Answer 3

Most asteroids in our solar system are in the "asteroid belt" between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

A comet's tail is created by the heat of the sun as the comet approaches, and its direction and size is affected by the solar wind.

Asteroids can originate from:
- debris left over from the solar system formation that did not form a planet (probably due to the gravitational influence of Jupiter)
- a planet or planetesimal that was broken up by tides or impact with other bodies
- comets entering the inner solar system and then having their orbits circularized due to repeated gravitational interactions with the planets (most likely Jupiter, but any of the gas giants and even Earth could affect a comet's orbit over time)

Answer 4

Most asteroids are located in belts that lie between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, at a distance of 2.1 to 3.3 AUs from the sun. (An AU is an astronomical unit, the distance between the Earth and sun, about 92 million miles.) Other asteroids, called Trojan asteroids, exist in two clusters, one on either side of Jupiter. And the Apollo asteroids cross Earth's orbit, sometimes even coming closer than the moon. There is yet another group of asteroids that crosses the orbits of several planets.

Answer 5

1. The asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
2. It's motion through space, and the Solar wind.
3. a) Getting perturbed out or their orbits by Jupiter's gravity.
b) The Oort cloud.
c) From outside the Solar System.

Answer 6

They are found in the Asteroid Belt located between Jupiter and Mars. However, there are many others scattered about in space as well. I'm not 100 percent certain about the other two questions.

Answer 7

In our solar system, between mars and jupiter.

Answer 8

planets, asteroid belt, and forces are gravity and pull from other orbits i would say

Answer 9

I know im not spelling this right but its th e cyper belt.

Answer 10

in the aateroid belt