How far is earth from the asteroid belt in the solar system?

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Geoearth
Dec 26, 2015

1.2-2.2 AU from Earth to the Asteroid belt

Explanation:

The asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter and is quite wide. Objects are separated by great distances in the asteroid belt (< hundreds of thousands of km) so it is difficult to give just one distance.

AU = astronomical unit (the distance between the Earth and the Sun)

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