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Q: What are chunks of rock and metal that orbit between the planets?
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What are the chunks of metal and rock between the planets?

The chunks of metal and rock between the planets are known as asteroids. They are small celestial bodies that orbit the Sun. Asteroids can vary in size, ranging from small boulders to objects several hundred kilometers in diameter. They are primarily found in the asteroid belt, a region located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, although some asteroids can also be found in other parts of the solar system.


Are asteroids small planets?

Asteriods are chunks of rock that escaped the asteroid belts orbit.


What are icy bits and metal chunks that orbit Saturn and other planets?

Icy bits and metal chunks that orbit Saturn and other planets are likely to be part of the planetary rings that encircle these objects. These rings are made up of pieces of ice, rock, and dust that vary in size and composition, but generally revolve around the planet in a flat disk shape.


What is one difference of dwarf planets and asteroids?

asteroids are small chunks of rock which move in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter while dwarf planets like Pluto have a centrifugal force and orbit the sun.


What is the difference between planets and exoplanets?

Extra solar (or Exo) planets are planets that do not orbit the Sun. Planets in our solar system orbit the Sun.


What is true about the distances between planets?

The distances between planets depend on where in their orbit they are.


How many planets orbit between the sun and mars?

There are no planets that orbit between the Sun and Mars. The planets that orbit between the Sun and Mars are Mercury and Venus, with Mars being the next planet in the sequence.


Which two planets orbit the sun not the earth?

All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun, not the Earth.Mercury and Venus orbit between the Sun and the Earth's orbit.


What planets orbit between the sun and earth?

Mercury and Venus orbit between the Sun and Earth.


What are tiny planets that orbit between Mars and Jupiter called?

Tiny planets that orbit between Mars and Jupiter are called asteroids.


Are planets made out of stars?

No. Planets are objects made of some combination of rock, gas, and/or metal that orbit stars.


Do stars orbit planets or planets orbit stars?

Planets orbit stars.