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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Asteroid Belt 1
Asteroid belt canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
Pallas ⓘ
Vesta ⓘ
linked to: 4 Vesta

asteroids ⓘ
dust-sized particles ⓘ
dwarf planet Ceres ⓘ
linked to: Ceres

minor planets ⓘ
planetesimals ⓘ
rocky bodies ⓘ
containsDynamicalGroup Eos family ⓘ
Flora family ⓘ
Hilda group (outer region) ⓘ
Hungaria asteroids ⓘ
Koronis family ⓘ
Themis family ⓘ
containsSpectralClass C-type asteroids ⓘ
M-type asteroids ⓘ
S-type asteroids ⓘ
discoveredBy Giuseppe Piazzi (via discovery of Ceres) ⓘ
linked to: Giuseppe Piazzi
discoveryDate 1801 ⓘ
dynamicallyInfluencedBy Jupiter ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
hasFeature Kirkwood gaps ⓘ
innerBoundarySemiMajorAxis about 2.1 astronomical units ⓘ
KirkwoodGapsCausedBy orbital resonances with Jupiter ⓘ
largestObject Ceres ⓘ
locatedBetweenOrbitOf Jupiter ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
meanDistanceFromSun about 2.7 astronomical units ⓘ
not remnant of a destroyed planet ⓘ
orbits Sun ⓘ
outerBoundarySemiMajorAxis about 3.3 astronomical units ⓘ
partOf Solar System ⓘ
relevantFor understanding Solar System formation ⓘ
studiedByMission Dawn spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Dawn mission

NEAR Shoemaker (flyby of Mathilde, Eros en route) ⓘ
thoughtToBe remnant planetesimal population ⓘ
typicalComposition carbonaceous material ⓘ
metal ⓘ
rock ⓘ
silicate minerals ⓘ
typicalOrbitalEccentricityRange 0.0–0.3 ⓘ
typicalOrbitalInclinationRange 0–30 degrees ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kirkwood gaps → hasCategory → Asteroid belt ⓘ
Prison of Elders → locatedIn → Asteroid Belt ⓘ
linked to: Asteroid belt