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Halfway Point

The asteroid belt is located 2.2 AU (astronomical units) away from the sun and is roughly 1 AU wide. In movies the asteroid belt is shown as the asteroids being very close together, however for the most part these massive space rocks are about 600,000 miles apart (roughly twice the distance between Earth and our moon). 

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Asteroid Belt Facts

  • The Asteroid Belt is the point in the Solar System from rocky planets to gas giants

  • The current known asteroid count is 1,107,074

  • The Asteroid Belt is not only made up of asteroids, but is also home to the dwarf planet Ceres

  • The asteroids in the belt range in size from pebbles to larger than the New York State

  • The largest asteroid in the belt is Vesta at 329 miles in diameter 

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