FACTS OF ASTEROID BELT

 What Is Asteroid Belt?

The 'asteroid belt' is a torus-shaped region in our Solar System which is located between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, that is occupied by a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes but much smaller than planets, called 'asteroids' or 'minor planets'.

FACTS ABOUT ASTEROID BELT

#1   The Asteroid Belt contains billions of asteroids.

#2   The asteroid named 'Ceres' is also designated as a dwarf planet, the largest            one in the inner solar system.

#3  We know only about at least 7000 asteroids.

#4  The largest asteroids in the belt are Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Hygiea. 

#5  Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Hygiea contains half of mass of entire Asteroid Belt.

#6   The thickness of asteroid belt is about '1 AU'.