Asteroid belt

GPTKB entity

Statements (101)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf region of the Solar System
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Hygiea
gptkb:Kirkwood_gaps
gptkb:Pallas
gptkb:Vesta
asteroids
asteroid families
dwarf planet Ceres
gptkbp:discoveredBy Giuseppe Piazzi (Ceres, 1801)
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Galileo_spacecraft
gptkb:NEAR_Shoemaker_spacecraft
gptkb:Dawn_spacecraft
gptkb:Rosetta_spacecraft
gptkb:Hayabusa_spacecraft
gptkb:OSIRIS-REx_spacecraft
gptkbp:firstAsteroidDiscovered gptkb:Ceres
gptkbp:formationTheory failed planetesimal formation
remnants of early Solar System
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Asteroid belt
gptkbp:influencedBy Jupiter's gravity
gptkbp:locatedBetween gptkb:Jupiter
gptkb:Mars
gptkbp:mainComposition metallic bodies
rocky bodies
gptkbp:mass about 4% of the Moon's mass
gptkbp:notableEvent possible source of water for Earth
source of some meteorites
target of planetary science missions
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Thisbe
gptkb:Urania
gptkb:Astraea
gptkb:Egeria
gptkb:Eunomia
gptkb:Ceres
gptkb:Eos
gptkb:Hygiea
gptkb:Iris
gptkb:Fortuna
gptkb:Metis
gptkb:Kalliope
gptkb:Juno
gptkb:Flora
gptkb:Hebe
gptkb:Lutetia
gptkb:Nysa_family
gptkb:Vesta_family
gptkb:Daphne
gptkb:Zhongguo_group
gptkb:Hygiea_family
gptkb:Pallas
gptkb:Parthenope
gptkb:Massalia
gptkb:Psyche
gptkb:Themis
gptkb:Vesta
gptkb:Sylvia
gptkb:Amphitrite
gptkb:Cybele
gptkb:Themis_family
gptkb:Hilda_group
gptkb:Alauda_family
gptkb:Alinda_group
gptkb:Davida
gptkb:Eos_family
gptkb:Eunomia_family
gptkb:Gefion_family
gptkb:Griqua_group
gptkb:Hungaria_group
gptkb:Interamnia
gptkb:Koronis_family
gptkb:Pallas_family
gptkb:Phocaea_group
gptkb:Patientia
Flora family
Maria family
Bamberga
Europa (asteroid)
Herculina
Baptistina family
Agnes family
Astrid family
Cybeles group
Lydia family
Padua family
Veritas family
gptkbp:orbitType 3 to 6 years
between 2.1 and 3.3 AU from the Sun
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Solar_System
gptkbp:populationEstimate over 1 million asteroids larger than 1 km
millions of smaller bodies
gptkbp:separates inner planets
outer planets
gptkbp:sometimesCalled gptkb:Main_belt
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1686_De_Sitter
gptkb:asteroid_1088_Mitaka
gptkb:asteroid_951_Gaspra
gptkb:asteroid_Gaspra
gptkb:Divalia_Fossa
gptkb:Moonlet
gptkb:Near-Earth_objects
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7