asteroid belt
Mars-Jupiter rocky zone
The asteroid belt is a region of our solar system between Mars and Jupiter containing millions of rocky objects orbiting the Sun.
Despite depictions in science fiction, the belt is mostly empty space—spacecraft pass through without incident.
The asteroid belt contains remnants from the early solar system that never formed into a planet.
Red planet, war deity
- JupiterLargest solar system planet
- interplanetaryBetween celestial bodies
- zoneBounded area designation
- solar systemStar and orbiting bodies
Goddess of crops and growth
Juno · Ida · dwarf planet · minor planet · planetesimal · protoplanet · moonlet
Growth through external addition
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
- primordialExisting from the start
early solar system · debris · rubble pile · ejection · perturbation
Covered with stones
- metallicResembling ore-based elements
- carbonaceousContaining or composed of carbon
- silicateOxygen-bound crystal compound
- chondriteMeteorite containing round grains
regolith · dust · ice · primitive · undifferentiated · porous · spectroscopy
Oval-shaped or indirect
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
- inclinationDisposition toward something
- perihelionOrbital point nearest sun
- aphelionFarthest point from sun
resonance · trajectory · revolution · sidereal · retrograde · gravitational · perturbation · stable
Mars
Red planet, war deity
- JupiterLargest solar system planet
- interplanetaryBetween celestial bodies
- zoneBounded area designation
solar system · resonance · planetary science · space exploration · Trojans
Ceres
Goddess of crops and growth
Psyche · Juno · Ida · dwarf planet · minor planet · planetesimal · protoplanet · moonlet
accretion
Growth through external addition
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
early solar system · primordial · debris · rubble pile · ejection · perturbation
rocky
Covered with stones
- metallicResembling ore-based elements
- carbonaceousContaining or composed of carbon
- silicateOxygen-bound crystal compound
chondrite · regolith · dust · ice · primitive · undifferentiated · porous · spectroscopy
elliptical
Oval-shaped or indirect
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
- inclinationDisposition toward something
- perihelionOrbital point nearest sun
aphelion · resonance · trajectory · revolution · sidereal · retrograde · gravitational · perturbation · stable · chaotic
- space pathsorbit, comet trail, orbital path, planetary orbit, spiral arm
- astronomystars, moon, sun, planet, planets
- cosmosuniverse, galaxies, galaxy, stars, star
- outer spacesun, moon, planet, star system, solar system
- solar systemsun, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
asteroid beltplanet
Star-orbiting spherical body
gas giant · terrestrial planet · star · moon · dwarf planet
asteroid beltOort cloud
Theoretical cometary halo
Kuiper belt · heliopause · interstellar space · solar corona
asteroid beltempty space
Area devoid of contents
void · deep space · vacuum · intergalactic space · vacuum of space
belt, disaster, belts, asteroid, stellar, belted, starfish, seatbelt, belting