The Asteroid Belt is the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found. It contains irregularly shaped chunks of debris called asteroids
Facts about the Asteroid Belt
* Area: The main asteroid belt extends from 255 to 600 million km (2.15 to 3.3 astronomical units) from the Sun and may contain over a million objects bigger than 1 km across.
* Diameter: The largest objects are Ceres (1,003 km), Pallas (608 km) and Vesta (538 km).
* Total Mass: The total mass of all the asteroids is less than that of the Moon. There are 26 known asteroids larger than 200 km across.
* Location: The Asteroid Belt is a region between the inner planets and outer planets where thousands of asteroids are found orbiting around the Sun.
Size
How big are the asteroids? Ceres is the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt and is the only dwarf planet in the belt. Pallas is second largest and the second asteroid to have been discovered. More than half the mass of the main belt is contained in the four largest objects: Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Hygiea.
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