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2007-06-26 08:34:40 · 6 answers · asked by shmoop 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No. The Kuiper Belt is a ring of rocky bodies in the outer solar system. Its inner boundary is 30 AU from the Sun. It is the source of some comets, and contains a few planet-sized bodies. Mars, the orbit of which is roughly 1.5 AU, is nowhere near the Kuiper Belt.
2007-06-26 09:20:23 · answer #1 · answered by knivetsil 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No The Kuiper belt is an area in our solar system containing celestial bodies such as Pluto. Pluto is an object in the Kuiper belt. The only reason that Pluto was a planet was because they didn't know that there were other celestial bodies the size of Pluto in the area. Now tha twe know about the Kuiper belt Pluto is no longer a planet. This may not have too much info but remember it is coming from a fourth grader.
2007-06-26 19:21:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars is in the inner solar system, closer to the sun than the "asteroid belt" that orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
Mars distance from the sun varies from 1.66 AU to 1.38 AU.
The Kuiper Belt is defined as the region of space beyond Neptune that is estimated to contain over 70,000 objects over 1 km in diameter. It is a disk-like belt between 30 AU and 50 AU from the sun.
Since Mars is not at the required 30 AU to 50 AU from the sun, it is not part of the Kuiper Belt.
2007-06-26 22:56:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A quick lesson in Solar System geography. No, the Kuiper belt starts out beyond Neptune extending roughly from 30 to 50 AU from the Sun containing many small icy bodies. It is now considered to be the source of the short-period comets.
2007-06-26 15:41:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Hi. The Kuiper belt, and the more distant Oort cloud, may not have distinct boundaries. But the planets have swept up any objects in the inner solar system. The evidence is the cratering on the surface of Mars.
This representation http://www.answers.com/topic/kuiper-oort-jpg shows a distinct spherical outer boundary to the Oort cloud, but in my opinion the cloud mingles with other clouds from other star systems. Just my opinion though.
2007-06-26 16:11:52 · answer #5 · answered by Cirric 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mars orbital period is too fast for it to lie in the Kuiper belt, (using Newton's form of Kepler's law).
2007-06-26 16:25:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋