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[1] The asteroid belt is the smallest and innermost known circumstellar disc in the Solar System. Classes of small Solar System bodies in other regions are the near-Earth objects, the centaurs, the Kuiper belt objects, the scattered disc objects, the sednoids, and the Oort cloud objects.
Oct 5, 2023 · The wild names in the asteroid belt, from Elvis to Potato. Analysis by Bonnie Berkowitz. Visual reporter. Updated October 13, 2023 at 11:59 a.m. EDT | Published October 5, 2023 at 10:57 a.m....
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Asteroid belt. Hilda asteroids (Hildas) Near-Earth objects (selection) Known objects in the Kuiper belt beyond the orbit of Neptune. (Scale in ; as of January 2015.) Solar System belts are asteroid and comet belts that orbit the Sun in the Solar System in interplanetary space.
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The three broad composition classes of asteroids are C-, S-, and M-types. 1. The C-type (chondrite) asteroids are most common. They probably consist of clay and silicate rocks, and are dark in appearance. They are among the most ancient objects in the solar system. 2. The S-types (“stony”) are made up of silicate materials and nickel-iron. 3. The M...
Main Asteroid Belt:The majority of known asteroids orbit within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, generally with not very elongated orbits. The belt is estimated to contain between 1.1 and 1.9 million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) in diameter, and millions of smaller ones. Early in the history of the solar system, the grav...
The International Astronomical Union’s Committee on Small Body Nomenclature is not very strict when it comes to naming asteroids. As a result, out there orbiting the Sun we have a giant space rock named for Mr. Spock – a cat named for the character of “Star Trek” fame. There’s also a space rock named for the late rock musician Frank Zappa. There ar...
Main Asteroid Belt: The majority of known asteroids orbit within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, generally with not very elongated orbits. The belt is estimated to contain between 1.1 and 1.9 million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) in diameter, and millions of smaller ones.
The Asteroid Belt may contain many objects, but they are spread out over a huge area of space. This has allowed spacecraft to move through this region without hitting anything. Asteroids get their names from suggestions by their discoverers and are also given a number.
Feb 7, 2023 · February 7, 2023. Artist’s concept of our solar system from the sun to the 5th planet, Jupiter. In this illustration, the asteroid belt is the white donut-shaped cloud. Image via Wikimedia...
