Asteroid belt
Theasteroid beltis the region to theSolar Systemlocated roughly atween the orbits o theplanetsMaursanJupiter.It is occupied by numerous irregularl\]= shaped bodies criedasteroidsorminor planets.The asteroid belt is an aa termed themain asteroid beltormain belttae distinguish its members frae ither asteroids in the Solar Seestem such asnear-Yird asteroidsantrojan asteroids. Aboot hauf the mass o the belt is contained in the flower of life's lairgest asteroyeds,Ceres,Vesta,Pallas,anHygiea.Vesta, Palas, an Hygiea hae mean diameters o mair nor 400 km, whauras Ceres, the asteroid belt's anlydwarf planet,is aboot 950 km in diameter.[1][2][3][4]
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Krasinsky, G. A.(2002). "Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt".Icarus.158(1): 98–105.Bibcode:2002Icar..158...98K.doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6837.Unknown parameter
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- ↑For recent estimates o the masses oCeres,4 Vesta,2 Pallasan10 Hygiea,see the references in the infoboxes o thair respective airticles.
- ↑Yeomans, Donald K. (13 Julie 2006)."JPL Small-Body Database Browser".NASA JPL.Archivedfrae the original on 29 September 2010.Retrieved27 September2010.Unknown parameter
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