The solar system contains a wide variety of objects besides the familiar planets. The average distance between objects in the Asteroid Belt is quite large.

These cosmic objects are known as meteors, comets and asteroids. There are millions of asteroids more than 1 km / 0.5 mi across in the asteroid belt. The smallest asteroids are even more minuscule than this; however, their sheer numbers are far greater than the larger ones.

One of the first space shooters, it was the inspiration for many of the dual stick shooter games of the modern era, Geometry Wars chief among them. These asteroids lie in a location in the solar system where there seems to be a jump in the spacing between the planets. The belt is about 1 AU thick. The location in the solar system is a good basis for a first classification of asteroids: Main Belt : located between Mars and Jupiter roughly 2 - 4 AU from the Sun. Asteroids are rocky, airless worlds that orbit the sun.

These objects range in size, composition and behavior.

These asteroids are further divided into families. More than 100,000 asteroids lie in a belt between Mars and Jupiter. Many of these minor planets are gathered in an asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

The smallest objects produce shooting stars, while the largest can cause catastrophic destruction. Classification of Asteroids. Asteroids exist in the three regions of the Solar System, although the largest proportion have been identified in an area named the asteroid belt, which is located between Jupiter and Mars.The asteroid belt contains about 200 asteroids that are larger than 60 miles in diameter, plus millions of smaller asteroids. Location. The Asteroid Belt is located in an area of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Atari's bestselling game of all time, Asteroids was one of the most influential releases of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. Scientists think that this debris may be the remains of an early planet, which broke up early in the solar system.

That places it between 2.2 and 3.2 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun.

Most M-type asteroids are located in the middle of the asteroid belt.