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Definition of Asteroid belt

1. Noun. The region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found.

Definition of Asteroid belt

1. Noun. (astronomy) The region of the orbital plane of the solar system located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter which is occupied by numerous minor planets and the dwarf planet Ceres. ¹

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Literary usage of Asteroid belt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Galileo, the Tour Guide: A Summary of the Mission to Date edited by Jean H. Aichele (1997)
"... The High-Gain Antenna Cruising the asteroid belt In April 1991, the Galileo flight team prepared to open the spacecraft's 4.8-meter mesh high-gain ..."

2. Through Darkness Into Light: Endless Cycles of the Divine Plan by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"What about the other two celestial bodies that are orbiting between those two outer planets and the asteroid belt, Saturn and Jupiter? ..."

3. Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System by National Research Council (U.S.) (2007)
"Meteorites THE ORIGIN OF METEORITES Meteorites are products of collisions that occur within the asteroid belt. As such, they sample remnants of accretionary ..."

4. Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power And Propulsion by Ssb (2006)
"By exploring the region from the asteroid belt to the Centaurs, this mission would investigate compositions ranging from those similar to the early Earth, ..."

5. Astronomy and Astro-physics by Goodsell Observatory (1885)
"It is interesting to notice that none of these new planets fall in the gapes, which, some time ago, were pointed out in the great asteroid belt by Professor ..."

6. The Origin of the Stars: And the Causes of Their Motions and Their Light by Jacob Ennis (1868)
"... we cannot suppose that a single ring occupied all the space within the asteroid belt. Therefore, the asteroids must have been formed from many rings, ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"But through the entire space of the asteroid belt, when our solar nebula was contracting through a radial distance of a hundred and nineteen millions of ..."

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