Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish it from other asteroid populations in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids . [1] About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids: Ceres , Vesta , Pallas , and Hygiea . [1] The total mass of the asteroid belt is approximately 4% that of the Moon , or 22% that of Pluto , and roughly twice that of Pluto's moon Charon (whose diameter is 1200 km).
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The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish it from other asteroid populations in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids . [1] About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids: Ceres , Vesta , Pallas , and Hygiea . [1] The total mass of the asteroid belt is approximately 4% that of the Moon , or 22% that of Pluto , and roughly twice that of Pluto's moon Charon (whose diameter is 1200 km). |
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The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish it from other asteroid populations in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids . [1] About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids: Ceres , Vesta , Pallas , and Hygiea . [1] The total mass of the asteroid belt is approximately 4% that of the Moon , or 22% that of Pluto , and roughly twice that of Pluto's moon Charon (whose diameter is 1200 km). |
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The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish it from other asteroid populations in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids . [1] About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids: Ceres , Vesta , Pallas , and Hygiea . [1] The total mass of the asteroid belt is approximately 4% that of the Moon , or 22% that of Pluto , and roughly twice that of Pluto's moon Charon (whose diameter is 1200 km). |
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The asteroid belt is a circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish it from other asteroid populations in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids . About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids: Ceres , Vesta , Pallas , and Hygiea . The total mass of the asteroid belt is approximately 4% that of the Moon , which is significantly less than that of Pluto and roughly twice that of Pluto's moon Charon (whose diameter is 1200 km). |
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish it from other asteroid populations in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids . About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids, Ceres , Vesta , Pallas , and Hygiea . Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea have mean diameters of more than 400 km, whereas Ceres, the asteroid belt's only dwarf planet , is about 950 km in diameter. [1] [2] [3] [4] The remaining bodies range down to the size of a dust particle. The asteroid material is so thinly distributed that numerous unmanned spacecraft have traversed it without incident. Nonetheless, collisions between large asteroids do occur, and these can form an asteroid family whose members have similar orbital characteristics and compositions. Individual asteroids within the asteroid belt are categorized by their spectra , with most falling into three basic groups: carbonaceous ( C-type ), silicate ( S-type ), and metal-rich ( M-type ). |
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish its members from other asteroids in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids . About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids, Ceres , Vesta , Pallas , and Hygiea . Vesta, Palas, and Hygiea have mean diameters of more than 400 km, whereas Ceres, the asteroid belt's only dwarf planet , is about 950 km in diameter. [1] [2] [3] [4] The remaining bodies range down to the size of a dust particle. The asteroid material is so thinly distributed that numerous unmanned spacecraft have traversed it without incident. Nonetheless, collisions between large asteroids do occur, and these can form an asteroid family whose members have similar orbital characteristics and compositions. It was once thought that collisions of asteroids produce a fine dust that forms a major component of the zodiacal light . However, Nesvorny and Jenniskens (2010 Astrophysical Journal) attributed 85 percent of the Zodiacal Light dust to fragmentations of Jupiter-family comets, rather than from comets and collisions between asteroids in the asteroid belt. Individual asteroids within the asteroid belt are categorized by their spectra , with most falling into three basic groups: carbonaceous ( C-type ), silicate ( S-type ), and metal-rich ( M-type ). |
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish its members from other asteroids in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids . About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids, Ceres , Vesta , Pallas , and Hygiea . These have mean diameters of more than 400 km, while Ceres, the asteroid belt's only dwarf planet , is about 950 km in diameter. [1] [2] [3] [4] The remaining bodies range down to the size of a dust particle. The asteroid material is so thinly distributed that numerous unmanned spacecraft have traversed it without incident. Nonetheless, collisions between large asteroids do occur, and these can form an asteroid family whose members have similar orbital characteristics and compositions. Nesvorny and Jenniskens (2010 Astrophysical Journal) attributed 85 percent of the Zodiacal Light dust to fragmentations of Jupiter-family comets, rather than from comets and collisions between asteroids in the asteroid belt. It was once thought that collisions of asteroids produce a fine dust that forms a major component of the zodiacal light . Individual asteroids within the asteroid belt are categorized by their spectra , with most falling into three basic groups: carbonaceous ( C-type ), silicate ( S-type ), and metal-rich ( M-type ). |
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt because there are other asteroids in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids . About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids: Ceres , 4 Vesta , 2 Pallas , and 10 Hygiea . These have mean diameters of more than 400 km, while Ceres, the asteroid belt's only identified dwarf planet , is about 950 km in diameter. [1] [2] [3] [4] The remaining bodies range down to the size of a dust particle. The asteroid material is so thinly distributed that multiple unmanned spacecraft have traversed it without incident. Nonetheless, collisions between large asteroids do occur, and these can form an asteroid family whose members have similar orbital characteristics and compositions. Collisions also produce a fine dust that forms a major component of the zodiacal light . Individual asteroids within the asteroid belt are categorized by their spectra , with most falling into three basic groups: carbonaceous ( C-type ), silicate ( S-type ), and metal-rich ( M-type ). |
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt region is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt because there are other asteroids in the solar system such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids . |
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt region is also termed the main belt to distinguish it from other concentrations of minor planets within the Solar System, such as the Kuiper belt and scattered disc . |
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt region is also termed the main belt to distinguish it from other concentrations of minor planets within the Solar System, such as the Kuiper belt and scattered disc . |
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The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter . It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets . The asteroid belt region is also termed the main belt to distinguish it from other concentrations of minor planets within the Solar System, such as the Kuiper belt and scattered disk . |
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The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. |
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The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. |
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The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. It is termed the main belt when contrasted with other concentrations of minor planets , since these may also be termed asteroid belts . |
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The " Asteroid Belt " is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. The term asteroid belt can also generally describe a region of concentrated asteroids with similar orbits. |
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The Asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. |