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Asteroid belt

Index Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 177 relations: Absolute magnitude, Accretion (astrophysics), Active asteroid, Albedo, Alexander von Humboldt, Amor asteroid, Ancient Greek, Apollo asteroid, Apsis, Asteroid, Asteroid family, Asteroid mining, Astronomical unit, Astronomy Now, Astrophotography, Aten asteroid, Basalt, Benjamin Peirce, C-type asteroid, Carbon, Carbonaceous chondrite, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Cassini–Huygens, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Celestial police, Centaur (small Solar System body), Ceres (dwarf planet), Ceres (mythology), Charles Bonnet, Circumstellar disc, Colonization of the asteroid belt, Coma (comet), Comet, Cosmic dust, Cosmos (Humboldt book), Cybele asteroids, D-type asteroid, Daniel Kirkwood, Dawn (spacecraft), Debris disk, Deep time, Disrupted planet, Dwarf planet, E-type asteroid, Ecliptic, Elise Otté, Enstatite, Eos family, Eunomia family, European Space Agency, ... Expand index (127 more) »

  2. Asteroid groups and families
  3. Asteroids
  4. Main-belt asteroids

Absolute magnitude

In astronomy, absolute magnitude is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale.

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Accretion (astrophysics)

In astrophysics, accretion is the accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter, typically gaseous matter, into an accretion disk.

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Active asteroid

Active asteroids are small Solar System bodies that have asteroid-like orbits but show comet-like visual characteristics. Asteroid belt and Active asteroid are asteroids and solar System.

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Albedo

Albedo is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body.

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Alexander von Humboldt

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.

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Amor asteroid

The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the archetype object 1221 Amor.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Apollo asteroid

The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s.

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Apsis

An apsis is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body.

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Asteroid

An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System. Asteroid belt and asteroid are asteroids and solar System.

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Asteroid family

An asteroid family is a population of asteroids that share similar proper orbital elements, such as semimajor axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination. Asteroid belt and asteroid family are asteroid groups and families and asteroids.

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Asteroid mining

Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. Asteroid belt and asteroid mining are asteroids and solar System.

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Astronomical unit

The astronomical unit (symbol: au, or AU) is a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to.

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Astronomy Now

Astronomy Now is a monthly British magazine on astronomy and space.

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Astrophotography

Astrophotography, also known as astronomical imaging, is the photography or imaging of astronomical objects, celestial events, or areas of the night sky.

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Aten asteroid

The Aten asteroids are a dynamical group of asteroids whose orbits bring them into proximity with Earth.

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Basalt

Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon.

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Benjamin Peirce

Benjamin Peirce (April 4, 1809 – October 6, 1880) was an American mathematician who taught at Harvard University for approximately 50 years.

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C-type asteroid

C-type (carbonaceous) asteroids are the most common variety, forming around 75% of known asteroids.

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Carbon

Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.

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Carbonaceous chondrite

Carbonaceous chondrites or C chondrites are a class of chondritic meteorites comprising at least 8 known groups and many ungrouped meteorites.

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Carl Friedrich Gauss

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (Gauß; Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 177723 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science.

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Cassini–Huygens

Cassini–Huygens, commonly called Cassini, was a space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings and natural satellites.

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Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy is a scientific journal covering the fields of astronomy and astrophysics.

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Celestial police

The Celestial police (Himmelspolizey), officially the United Astronomical Society (Vereinigte Astronomische Gesellschaft), was a cooperation of numerous European astronomers in the early 19th century.

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Centaur (small Solar System body)

In planetary astronomy, a centaur is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune and crosses the orbits of one or more of the giant planets. Asteroid belt and centaur (small Solar System body) are solar System.

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Ceres (dwarf planet)

Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid belt and Ceres (dwarf planet) are main-belt asteroids and solar System.

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Ceres (mythology)

In ancient Roman religion, Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships.

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Charles Bonnet

Charles Bonnet (13 March 1720 – 20 May 1793) was a Genevan naturalist and philosophical writer.

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Circumstellar disc

A circumstellar disc (or circumstellar disk) is a torus, pancake or ring-shaped accretion disk of matter composed of gas, dust, planetesimals, asteroids, or collision fragments in orbit around a star.

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Colonization of the asteroid belt

Asteroids, including those in the asteroid belt, have been suggested as possible sites of space colonization. Asteroid belt and colonization of the asteroid belt are asteroids.

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Coma (comet)

The coma is the nebulous envelope around the nucleus of a comet, formed when the comet passes near the Sun in its highly elliptical orbit.

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Comet

A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing. Asteroid belt and comet are solar System.

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Cosmic dust

Cosmic dustalso called extraterrestrial dust, space dust, or star dustis dust that occurs in outer space or has fallen onto Earth.

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Cosmos (Humboldt book)

Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (in German Kosmos – Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung) is an influential treatise on science and nature written by German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt.

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Cybele asteroids

The Cybele asteroids (also known as the "Cybeles") are a dynamical group of asteroids, named after the asteroid 65 Cybele. Asteroid belt and Cybele asteroids are asteroid groups and families and main-belt asteroids.

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D-type asteroid

D-type asteroids have a very low albedo and a featureless reddish spectrum.

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Daniel Kirkwood

Daniel Kirkwood (September 27, 1814 – June 11, 1895) was an American astronomer.

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Dawn (spacecraft)

Dawn is a retired space probe that was launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres.

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Debris disk

A debris disk (American English), or debris disc (Commonwealth English), is a circumstellar disk of dust and debris in orbit around a star.

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Deep time

Deep time is a term introduced and applied by John McPhee to the concept of geologic time in his book Basin and Range (1981), parts of which originally appeared in The New Yorker magazine.

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Disrupted planet

In astronomy, a disrupted planet is a planet or exoplanet or, perhaps on a somewhat smaller scale, a planetary-mass object, planetesimal, moon, exomoon or asteroid that has been disrupted or destroyed by a nearby or passing astronomical body or object such as a star.

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Dwarf planet

A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough to be gravitationally rounded, but insufficient to achieve orbital dominance like the eight classical planets of the Solar System. Asteroid belt and dwarf planet are solar System.

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E-type asteroid

E-type asteroids are asteroids thought to have enstatite (MgSiO3) achondrite surfaces.

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Ecliptic

The ecliptic or ecliptic plane is the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun.

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Elise Otté

Elise Charlotte Otté (30 September 1818 – 20 December 1903) was an Anglo-Danish linguist, scholar and historian.

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Enstatite

Enstatite is a mineral; the magnesium endmember of the pyroxene silicate mineral series enstatite (MgSiO3) – ferrosilite (FeSiO3).

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Eos family

The Eos family (adj. Eoan) is a very large asteroid family located in the outer region of the asteroid belt.

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Eunomia family

The Eunomia or Eunomian family is a large asteroid family of S-type asteroids named after the asteroid 15 Eunomia. Asteroid belt and Eunomia family are asteroid groups and families.

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European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 22-member intergovernmental body devoted to space exploration.

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Exoasteroid

An exoasteroid, exo-asteroid or extrasolar asteroid, is an asteroid located outside the Solar System. Asteroid belt and exoasteroid are asteroids and solar System.

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Far-infrared astronomy

Far-infrared astronomy is the branch of astronomy and astrophysics that deals with objects visible in far-infrared radiation (extending from 30 μm towards submillimeter wavelengths around 450 μm).

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Flora family

The Flora family (adj. Florian;; also known as the Ariadne family) is a prominent family of stony asteroids located in the inner region of the asteroid belt. Asteroid belt and Flora family are asteroid groups and families.

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Formation and evolution of the Solar System

There is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. Asteroid belt and formation and evolution of the Solar System are solar System.

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Franz Xaver von Zach

Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach; 4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832) was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary (now Budapest in Hungary).

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Frost line (astrophysics)

In astronomy or planetary science, the frost line, also known as the snow line or ice line, is the minimum distance from the central protostar of a solar nebula where the temperature is low enough for volatile compounds such as water, ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide to condense into solid grains, which will allow their accretion into planetesimals.

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Galileo (spacecraft)

Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida.

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Gefion family

The Gefion family (FIN: 516; adj. Gefionian; also known as the Ceres family or the Minerva family) is an asteroid family located in the intermediate asteroid belt between 2.74 and 2.82 AU at inclinations of 7.4° to 10.5°. Asteroid belt and Gefion family are asteroid groups and families.

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Giuseppe Piazzi

Giuseppe Piazzi (16 July 1746 – 22 July 1826) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer.

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Gravity

In physics, gravity is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things that have mass.

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HED meteorite

HED meteorites are a clan (subgroup) of achondrite meteorites.

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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer.

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Herschel Space Observatory

The Herschel Space Observatory was a space observatory built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA).

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Hilda family

The Hilda family (001) is an ancient collisional asteroid family of at least 409 known asteroids, named for its largest member, the -across asteroid 153 Hilda. Asteroid belt and Hilda family are asteroid groups and families.

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Hungaria asteroids

The Hungaria asteroids, also known as the Hungaria group, are a dynamical group of asteroids in the asteroid belt which orbit the Sun with a semi-major axis (longest radius of an ellipse) between 1.78 and 2.00 astronomical units (AU). Asteroid belt and Hungaria asteroids are asteroid groups and families and main-belt asteroids.

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Hungaria family

The Hungaria family (003) is a collisional asteroid family of at least 2,966 known asteroids, named for its largest member, the -across asteroid 434 Hungaria. Asteroid belt and Hungaria family are asteroid groups and families.

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Impact event

An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects.

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Interplanetary dust cloud

The interplanetary dust cloud, or zodiacal cloud (as the source of the zodiacal light), consists of cosmic dust (small particles floating in outer space) that pervades the space between planets within planetary systems, such as the Solar System. Asteroid belt and interplanetary dust cloud are solar System.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States.

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Johann Daniel Titius

Johann Daniel Titius (born Johann Daniel Tietz(e), 2 January 1729 – 16 December 1796) was a German astronomer and a professor at Wittenberg.

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Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler (27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music.

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JPL Small-Body Database

The JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB) is an astronomy database about small Solar System bodies.

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Juno (spacecraft)

Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. Asteroid belt and Jupiter are solar System.

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Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice, formerly JUICE) is an interplanetary spacecraft on its way to orbit and study three icy moons of Jupiter: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.

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Jupiter trojan

The Jupiter trojans, commonly called trojan asteroids or simply trojans, are a large group of asteroids that share the planet Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.

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Karin family

The Karin family or Karin cluster is an asteroid family and sub-group of the Koronis family. Asteroid belt and Karin family are asteroid groups and families.

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Karl Ludwig Hencke

Karl Ludwig Hencke (8 April 1793 – 21 September 1866) was a German amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.

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Kirkwood gap

A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of the semi-major axes (or equivalently of the orbital periods) of the orbits of main-belt asteroids. Asteroid belt and Kirkwood gap are asteroids.

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Kiyotsugu Hirayama

was a Japanese astronomer, best known for his discovery that many asteroid orbits were more similar to one another than chance would allow, leading to the concept of asteroid families, now called "Hirayama families" in his honour.

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Koronis family

The Koronis or Koronian family, also known as the Lacrimosa family, is a very large asteroid family of stony asteroids, located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. Asteroid belt and Koronis family are asteroid groups and families.

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Kuiper belt

The Kuiper belt is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units (AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun. Asteroid belt and Kuiper belt are solar System.

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Lilienthal, Lower Saxony

Lilienthal is a municipality in the administrative district of Osterholz, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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List of exceptional asteroids

The following is a collection of lists of asteroids of the Solar System that are exceptional in some way, such as their size or orbit.

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List of minor planets: 4001–5000

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List of missions to minor planets

List of missions to minor planets is a listing of spaceflight missions to minor planets, which are category of astronomical body that excludes planets, moons and comets, but orbit the Sun.

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Lucy (spacecraft)

Lucy is a NASA space probe on a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids.

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M-type asteroid

M-type (aka M-class) asteroids are a spectral class of asteroids which appear to contain higher concentrations of metal phases (e.g. iron-nickel) than other asteroid classes, and are widely thought to be the source of iron meteorites.

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Magma

Magma is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed.

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Marine sediment

Marine sediment, or ocean sediment, or seafloor sediment, are deposits of insoluble particles that have accumulated on the seafloor.

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Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Asteroid belt and Mars are solar System.

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Max Wolf

Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (21 June 1863 – 3 October 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography.

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Meteorite

A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. Asteroid belt and meteorite are solar System.

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Meteoroid

A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space. Asteroid belt and meteoroid are solar System.

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Micrometeorite

A micrometeorite is a micrometeoroid that has survived entry through the Earth's atmosphere. Asteroid belt and micrometeorite are solar System.

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Micrometre

The micrometre (Commonwealth English) as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equalling (SI standard prefix "micro-".

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Minor planet

According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Asteroid belt and minor planet are solar System.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Asteroid belt and Moon are solar System.

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Mysterium Cosmographicum

Mysterium Cosmographicum (lit. The Cosmographic Mystery, alternately translated as Cosmic Mystery, The Secret of the World, or some variation) is an astronomy book by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler, published at Tübingen in late 1596 and in a second edition in 1621.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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NEAR Shoemaker

Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker, was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit over a period of a year.

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Near-Earth object

A near-Earth object (NEO) is any small Solar System body orbiting the Sun whose closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) is less than 1.3 times the Earth–Sun distance (astronomical unit, AU). Asteroid belt and near-Earth object are solar System.

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Nebular hypothesis

The nebular hypothesis is the most widely accepted model in the field of cosmogony to explain the formation and evolution of the Solar System (as well as other planetary systems). Asteroid belt and nebular hypothesis are solar System.

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Neptune

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. Asteroid belt and Neptune are solar System.

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New Horizons

New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.

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Nice model

The Nice model is a scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System.

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Odesa

Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.

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Olivine

The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the chemical formula.

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Oort cloud

The Oort cloud, sometimes called the Öpik–Oort cloud, is theorized to be a vast cloud of icy planetesimals surrounding the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years). Asteroid belt and Oort cloud are solar System.

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Orbit

In celestial mechanics, an orbit (also known as orbital revolution) is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a planet, moon, asteroid, or Lagrange point.

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Orbital eccentricity

In astrodynamics, the orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a dimensionless parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.

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Orbital elements

Orbital elements are the parameters required to uniquely identify a specific orbit.

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Orbital inclination

Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body.

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Orbital period

The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object.

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Orbital resonance

In celestial mechanics, orbital resonance occurs when orbiting bodies exert regular, periodic gravitational influence on each other, usually because their orbital periods are related by a ratio of small integers.

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Outgassing

Outgassing (sometimes called offgassing, particularly when in reference to indoor air quality) is the release of a gas that was dissolved, trapped, frozen, or absorbed in some material.

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Perturbation (astronomy)

In astronomy, perturbation is the complex motion of a massive body subjected to forces other than the gravitational attraction of a single other massive body.

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Phaeton (hypothetical planet)

Phaeton (alternatively Phaethon or Phaëton; from Phaéthōn) was the hypothetical planet hypothesized by the Titius–Bode law to have existed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the destruction of which supposedly led to the formation of the asteroid belt (including the dwarf planet Ceres). Asteroid belt and Phaeton (hypothetical planet) are solar System.

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Phocaea family

The Phocaea family (adj. Phocaean) is a collisional family of asteroids located between 2.25 and 2.5 AU in the inner region of the asteroid belt. Asteroid belt and Phocaea family are asteroid groups and families.

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Planet

A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself. Asteroid belt and planet are solar System.

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Planetary differentiation

In planetary science, planetary differentiation is the process by which the chemical elements of a planetary body accumulate in different areas of that body, due to their physical or chemical behavior (e.g. density and chemical affinities).

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Planetary flyby

A planetary flyby is the act of sending a space probe past a planet or a dwarf planet close enough to record scientific data.

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Planetesimal

Planetesimals are solid objects thought to exist in protoplanetary disks and debris disks.

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Porosity

Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0% and 100%.

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Power law

In statistics, a power law is a functional relationship between two quantities, where a relative change in one quantity results in a relative change in the other quantity proportional to a power of the change, independent of the initial size of those quantities: one quantity varies as a power of another.

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Poynting–Robertson effect

The Poynting–Robertson effect, also known as Poynting–Robertson drag, named after John Henry Poynting and Howard P. Robertson, is a process by which solar radiation causes a dust grain orbiting a star to lose angular momentum relative to its orbit around the star.

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Protoplanet

A protoplanet is a large planetary embryo that originated within a protoplanetary disk and has undergone internal melting to produce a differentiated interior.

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Psyche (spacecraft)

Psyche is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023 to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029.

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Robert James Mann

Robert James Mann (1817–1886) was an English physician and science writer.

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Rosetta (spacecraft)

Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004.

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Rubble pile

In astronomy, a rubble pile is a celestial body that consists of numerous pieces of debris that have coalesced under the influence of gravity.

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S-type asteroid

S-type asteroids are asteroids with a spectral type that is indicative of a siliceous (i.e. stony) mineralogical composition, hence the name.

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Scattered disc

The scattered disc (or scattered disk) is a distant circumstellar disc in the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy small Solar System bodies, which are a subset of the broader family of trans-Neptunian objects. Asteroid belt and scattered disc are solar System.

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Science (journal)

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.

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Sednoid

A sednoid is a trans-Neptunian object with a large semi-major axis and a high perihelion, similar to the orbit of the dwarf planet Sedna. Asteroid belt and sednoid are solar System.

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Semi-major and semi-minor axes

In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter: a line segment that runs through the center and both foci, with ends at the two most widely separated points of the perimeter.

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Silicate

A silicate is any member of a family of polyatomic anions consisting of silicon and oxygen, usually with the general formula, where.

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Small Solar System body

A small Solar System body (SSSB) is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet, a dwarf planet, nor a natural satellite. Asteroid belt and small Solar System body are solar System.

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Solar irradiance

Solar irradiance is the power per unit area (surface power density) received from the Sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of the measuring instrument. Asteroid belt and Solar irradiance are solar System.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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Solar System belts

Solar System belts are asteroid and comet belts that orbit the Sun in the Solar System in interplanetary space. Asteroid belt and Solar System belts are solar System.

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Space weathering

Space weathering is the type of weathering that occurs to any object exposed to the harsh environment of outer space.

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Spectrum

A spectrum (spectra or spectrums) is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary, without gaps, across a continuum.

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Springer Science+Business Media

Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

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Star

A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity.

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Stardust (spacecraft)

Stardust was a 385-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. Asteroid belt and Sun are solar System.

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Themis family

The Themis family (adj. Themistian) is a family of carbonaceous asteroids located in the outer portion of the asteroid belt, at a mean distance of 3.13 AU from the Sun. Asteroid belt and Themis family are asteroid groups and families.

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Titius–Bode law

The Titius–Bode law (sometimes termed simply Bode's law) is a formulaic prediction of spacing between planets in any given planetary system.

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Torus

In geometry, a torus (tori or toruses) is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three-dimensional space one full revolution about an axis that is coplanar with the circle.

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Trojan (celestial body)

In astronomy, a trojan is a small celestial body (mostly asteroids) that shares the orbit of a larger body, remaining in a stable orbit approximately 60° ahead of or behind the main body near one of its Lagrangian points and. Asteroid belt and trojan (celestial body) are solar System.

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Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe (born Tyge Ottesen Brahe,; 14 December 154624 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations.

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Ulysses (spacecraft)

Ulysses was a robotic space probe whose primary mission was to orbit the Sun and study it at all latitudes.

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University of Palermo

The University of Palermo (Università degli Studi di Palermo) is a university located in Palermo, Italy, and founded in 1806.

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Uranus

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Asteroid belt and Uranus are solar System.

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V-type asteroid

A V-type asteroid or Vestoid is an asteroid whose spectral type is that of 4 Vesta.

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Vesta family

The Vesta family (adj. Vestian) is a family of asteroids. Asteroid belt and Vesta family are asteroid groups and families.

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Volatile (astrogeology)

Volatiles are the group of chemical elements and chemical compounds that can be readily vaporized.

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Volcanism

Volcanism, vulcanism, volcanicity, or volcanic activity is the phenomenon where solids, liquids, gases, and their mixtures erupt to the surface of a solid-surface astronomical body such as a planet or a moon.

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Voyager program

The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.

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Water vapor

Water vapor, water vapour or aqueous vapor is the gaseous phase of water.

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William Herschel

Frederick William Herschel (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-British astronomer and composer.

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Wittenberg

Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is the fourth-largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Yarkovsky effect

The Yarkovsky effect is a force acting on a rotating body in space caused by the anisotropic emission of thermal photons, which carry momentum. Asteroid belt and Yarkovsky effect are asteroids.

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Zircon

Zircon is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates and is a source of the metal zirconium.

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Zodiacal light

Zodiacal light is a faint glow of diffuse light in the sky scattered by interplanetary dust, particularly a zodiacal cloud, along the ecliptic, and therefore the zodiac. Asteroid belt and zodiacal light are solar System.

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10 Hygiea

Hygiea (minor-planet designation: 10 Hygiea) is a major asteroid located in the main asteroid belt.

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1270 Datura

1270 Datura, provisional designation is a stony asteroid and namesake of the young Datura family, located in the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter.

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152830 Dinkinesh

152830 Dinkinesh (provisional designation) is a binary main-belt asteroid about in diameter. Asteroid belt and 152830 Dinkinesh are main-belt asteroids.

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16 Psyche

16 Psyche is a large M-type asteroid, which was discovered by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, on 17 March 1852 and named after the Greek goddess Psyche.

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2 Pallas

Pallas (minor-planet designation: 2 Pallas) is the third-largest asteroid in the Solar System by volume and mass.

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223 Rosa

Rosa (minor planet designation: 223 Rosa) is a large Themistian asteroid.

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3 Juno

Juno (minor-planet designation: 3 Juno) is a large asteroid in the asteroid belt. Asteroid belt and 3 Juno are solar System.

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4 Vesta

Vesta (minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of. Asteroid belt and 4 Vesta are solar System.

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433 Eros

Eros (minor planet designation (433) Eros) is a stony asteroid of the Amor group, and the first discovered, and second-largest near-Earth object.

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490 Veritas

Veritas, minor planet designation 490 Veritas, is a carbonaceous Veritasian asteroid, which may have been involved in one of the more massive asteroid-asteroid collisions of the past 100 million years.

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See also

Asteroid groups and families

Asteroids

Main-belt asteroids

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt

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