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What is there beyond the asteroid belt?

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The entire rest of the Universe! But, dealing solely with our own solar system..... First off, there is the orbit of the giant planet Jupiter and its 60-something moons. Then Saturn with it's exquisite ring system and 50-odd moons of its own. read more

First off, there is the orbit of the giant planet Jupiter and its 60-something moons. Then Saturn with it's exquisite ring system and 50-odd moons of its own. After Saturn comes Uranus and Neptune and then a very spread-out, disparate zone called the Kuiper belt - believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice. read more

The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish it from other asteroid populations in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids. About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids: Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea. read more

The Main Asteroid Belt lies more than two-and-a-half times as far as Earth does from the sun. It contains billions — maybe even trillions — of asteroids. Most of these are relatively small, from the size of boulders to a few thousand feet in diameter. read more

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