Meanings
main asteroid belt1
- Synonym of main belt.
If the asteroid first has an interaction with the terrestrial planets, it is possible that its orbit can be altered in a way to pull it out of the main asteroid belt and reside almost entirely within the inner solar system.
2015, Patrick Michel, Francesca E. DeMeo, William F. Bottke, Asteroids IV, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 19Synonyms: main belt
Main Asteroid Belt2
- Synonym of main belt.
Most of the near-Earth objects originated in the Main Asteroid Belt, located between Mars and Jupiter, although some of them probably evolved into their current orbits from the reservoir of short-period comets extending beyond Jupiter […]
2006, Lucy-Ann McFadden, Torrence Johnson, Paul Weissman, Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 283Synonyms: main belt
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of main belt.
proper nounSynonym of main belt.
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