main asteroid belt

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main asteroid belt

  1. Synonym of main belt
    • 2015, Patrick Michel, Francesca E. DeMeo, William F. Bottke, Asteroids IV[1], University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 19:
      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.