Question

The 'Asteroid Belt' is a region of space where most of the asteroids in our Solar System are found orbiting the Sun. This belt is located between the orbits of which two planets?

a. Mercury and Venus
b. Mars and Jupiter
c. Earth and Mars
d. Jupiter and Saturn

Answer 1

Option B is a correct

Mars and Jupiter.

The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids.

Answer 2

Solution: Option B is the right answer. The ‘Asteroid belt’ is a region in space where most of the asteroids in our solar system are found orbiting the Sun.

The belt is roughly located between the orbits of two planets named Mars and Jupiter.

It is the circumstellar disc in the solar system which is occupied by numerous irregular shaped bodies named asteroids.