Asteroid belt
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The asteroid belt is a vast region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter filled with numerous rocky bodies, ranging from dust-sized particles to dwarf planets like Ceres.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asteroid population
ⓘ
region of the Solar System ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | main asteroid belt ⓘ |
| approximateMassRelativeToEarth | 0.04% ⓘ |
| approximateMassRelativeToMoon | about 4% ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfKnownAsteroids | over 1 million ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfObjectsLargerThan1km | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| averageOrbitalInclination | about 10 degrees ⓘ |
| contains |
Hygiea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pallas NERFINISHED ⓘ Vesta NERFINISHED ⓘ asteroids ⓘ dust-sized particles ⓘ dwarf planet Ceres NERFINISHED ⓘ minor planets ⓘ planetesimals ⓘ rocky bodies ⓘ |
| containsDynamicalGroup |
Eos family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flora family NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilda group (outer region) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hungaria asteroids NERFINISHED ⓘ Koronis family NERFINISHED ⓘ Themis family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSpectralClass |
C-type asteroids
ⓘ
M-type asteroids NERFINISHED ⓘ S-type asteroids ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Giuseppe Piazzi (via discovery of Ceres) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1801 ⓘ |
| dynamicallyInfluencedBy |
Jupiter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature | Kirkwood gaps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| innerBoundarySemiMajorAxis | about 2.1 astronomical units ⓘ |
| KirkwoodGapsCausedBy | orbital resonances with Jupiter ⓘ |
| largestObject | Ceres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedBetweenOrbitOf |
Jupiter
GENERATED
ⓘ
Mars GENERATED ⓘ |
| meanDistanceFromSun | about 2.7 astronomical units ⓘ |
| not | remnant of a destroyed planet ⓘ |
| orbits | Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outerBoundarySemiMajorAxis | about 3.3 astronomical units ⓘ |
| partOf | Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relevantFor | understanding Solar System formation ⓘ |
| studiedByMission |
Dawn spacecraft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NEAR Shoemaker (flyby of Mathilde, Eros en route) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thoughtToBe | remnant planetesimal population ⓘ |
| typicalComposition |
carbonaceous material
ⓘ
metal ⓘ rock ⓘ silicate minerals ⓘ |
| typicalOrbitalEccentricityRange | 0.0–0.3 GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalOrbitalInclinationRange | 0–30 degrees GENERATED ⓘ |
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