asteroid belt

the circumstellar disk (accumulation of matter) in an orbit around Sun between those of Mars and Jupiter
Class type of: minor planet group Q2179

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
circumstellar disk, astronomical object in the Solar System, ring system[3][4]
Child astronomical body
(500507) 2012 TP287, 10057 L'Obel[7][8]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10]
P14541
1jxWiP[14]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en main belt en main asteroid belt en asteroid belt en the main asteroid belt en the asteroid belt ar حزام الكويكبات cs hlavní pás cs hlavní pás planetek cs pás planetek da Asteroidebælte de Planetoidengürtel de Hauptgürtel de Asteroidengürtel el Κύρια Ζώνη Αστεροειδών es cinturon de asteroides es Cinturón de asteroides es cinturon principal es cinturón principal fa کمربند سیارک‌ها fi asteroidivyöhyke
🔖 Identifiers · 24
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2012000460
OpenAlex ID
C2779700264
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300386952
Dewey Decimal Classification
523.44
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
567649
Fandom article ID
expanse:Asteroid_Belt
Freebase ID
/m/0cqbc
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
asteroidebeltet
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
asteroid-belt
KBpedia ID
AsteroidBelt
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779700264
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Mindat locality ID
216979
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007579234005171
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
665986
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
小惑星帯
SpaceReference.org celestial object ID
category/main-belt-asteroids
Topic's main category
Category:Main-belt asteroids
Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID
70
Yle topic ID
18-319138

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🔗 Connections
← Minor planet group 4986
← Category's main topic 2
Has these parts 1
Instance of 1
Located in this place 1
Maintained by WikiProject 1
Named after 1
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Topic's main category 1
← Category combines topics 1
← Child astronomical body 1
Sun
← Narrative location 1
← SNARC ID 1
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Summary

asteroid belt is a circumstellar disk[1]. It is a type of minor planet group[2].

Body

Influence

Things named for asteroid belt include active asteroid[15], an astronomical object type[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for asteroid belt include active asteroid[15], an astronomical object type[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    P14541 → 1jxWiP
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