Which Planet Is Between Mars and Jupiter

Dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and it’s the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system. It was the first member of the asteroid belt to be discovered when Giuseppe Piazzi spotted it in 1801.

What is there between Mars and Jupiter?

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

Why isn't there a planet between Mars and Jupiter?

When astronomers looked at the orbits of the planets, they felt that there could be a planet “missing” in between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars. … Astronomers think that Jupiter formed early enough that its gravity ruined the chances for another planet to assemble itself in the region between Mars and Jupiter.