# Are almost all astroid belt depictions incorrect? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 7, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-almost-all-astroid-belt-depictions-incorrect/706542 "2014-12-07T01:36:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-almost-all-astroid-belt-depictions-incorrect/706542/21 "2014-12-09T16:40:06Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > And if this weren’t the case, when two spacecraft docked together, they’d suddenly go into a different orbit. Yup, And be very careful if you jump too high! ---
**Author:** ![bauble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bauble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bauble)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-almost-all-astroid-belt-depictions-incorrect/706542/22 "2014-12-10T00:43:34Z")
> [@Annoying\_Buzz](#): > > As has been mentioned, same orbit = same speed, regardless of mass. However, the more massive the focus object being orbited, the faster an orbiting object must go to maintain a given distance. So a satellite orbiting Jupiter at 100,000km (from its center) would have to go much faster than a satellite orbiting Earth at the same distance. I bet that’s where I got confused - thinking that it was the mass of the satellite, not the mass of the planet/sun/what have you that made the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-almost-all-astroid-belt-depictions-incorrect/706542/23 "2014-12-10T02:22:46Z")
To be fair, even the planets in those illustrations are ridiculously huge. Just go outside and look at the sun, moon, or Jupiter, even. You already know how tiny they look at the real distances. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-almost-all-astroid-belt-depictions-incorrect/706542.md?page=1)