Eyes on Asteroids - NASA/JPL
Explore the 3D world of Asteroids, Comets and NEOs. Learn about past and future missions, tracking and predicting orbits, and close approaches to Earth.
Picturing Our Solar System’s Asteroid Belt - NASA
Jun 30, 2021 · Most of this ancient space rubble can be found orbiting our Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt. Asteroids range in size from Vesta – the largest at about …
Fact Sheet: Dawn to the Asteroid Belt - NASA Science
Jan 25, 2007 · Exploring a new frontier, the Dawn mission will journey back in time over 4.5 billion years to the beginning of our Solar System. How is this “time travel” possible? Many …
In Depth | Asteroids - NASA Solar System Exploration
Main Asteroid Belt: The majority of known asteroids orbit within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, generally with not very elongated orbits. The belt is estimated to contain between …
Solar System belts - Wikipedia
Solar System belts are asteroid and comet belts that orbit the Sun in the Solar System in interplanetary space. [1][2] The Solar System belts' size and placement are mostly a result of …
The Asteroid Belt Facts For Kids - The Nine Planets
The asteroid belt is a region of our solar system which is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It hosts many rocks, asteroids, and even dwarf planets. Key Facts & Summary. The …
Dawn Enters Asteroid Belt -- For Good - NASA Solar System Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 · NASA's unmanned Dawn spacecraft will be the first ever to orbit two planetary bodies on a single voyage. Dawn is 619 days away from arrival at its first celestial objective, …
NASA’S Dawn Spacecraft Enroute to Shed Light on Asteroid Belt
Sep 27, 2007 · Dawn's 4.8-billion-kilometer (3-billion-mile) odyssey includes exploration of asteroid Vesta in 2011 and the dwarf planet Ceres in 2015. These two icons of the asteroid …
In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration
Our solar system extends much farther than the eight planets that orbit the Sun. The solar system also includes the Kuiper Belt that lies past Neptune's orbit. This is a sparsely occupied ring of …
Asteroids In Depth: Our Solar System's Asteroid Belt
Jul 13, 2021 · Main Asteroid Belt: The majority of known asteroids orbit within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, generally with not very elongated orbits. The belt is estimated to …