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The main asteroid belt, 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 (asteroids) and the dwarf planet Ceres.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: main belt, main asteroid belt
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative letter-case form of asteroid belt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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A set of orbits in a region that contains asteroids or similar minor planets arrayed as an annulus around the planetary system's orbital center.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: belt
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Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
asteroïedgordel
— region of the solar system
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Arabic:
حِزَام كُوَيْكِبَات
(ḥizām kuwaykibāt)
— region of the solar system
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Bulgarian:
астероиден пояс
(asteroiden pojas)
— region of the solar system
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Catalan:
cinturó d'asteroides
— region of the solar system
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Finnish:
asteroidivyöhyke
— region of the solar system
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French:
ceinture d’astéroïdes
— region of the solar system
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Georgian:
ასტეროიდთა სარტყელი
(asṭeroidta sarṭq̇eli)
— region of the solar system
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German:
Asteroidengürtel
— region of the solar system
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German:
Hauptgürtel
— region of the solar system
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German:
Planetoidengürtel
— region of the solar system
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Greek:
ζώνη αστεροειδών
(zóni asteroeidón)
— region of the solar system
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Hebrew:
חֲגוֹרַת הָאַסְטֵרוֹאִידִים
(khagorát ha'asteróidim)
— region of the solar system
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Hindi:
क्षुद्रग्रह घेरा
(kṣudragrah gherā)
— region of the solar system
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Hungarian:
kisbolygóöv
— region of the solar system
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Indonesian:
sabuk asteroid
— region of the solar system
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Italian:
cintura asteroidale
— region of the solar system
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Italian:
fascia principale
— region of the solar system
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Japanese:
小惑星帯
(shōwakuseitai)
— region of the solar system
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Japanese:
アステロイドベルト
(asuteroido beruto)
— region of the solar system
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Khmer:
ខ្សែក្រវាត់តារាសណ្ឋាន
(khseh krovat dara son tharn)
— region of the solar system
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Korean:
소행성대
(sohaengseongdae)
— region of the solar system
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Latvian:
asteroīdu josla
— region of the solar system
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Latvian:
asteroīdu lauks
— region of the solar system
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Lithuanian:
asteroidų žiedas
— region of the solar system
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Māori:
Tāhei Aorangi Iti
— region of the solar system
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Polish:
pas planetoid
— region of the solar system
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Portuguese:
cintura de asteroides
— region of the solar system
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Russian:
по́яс астеро́идов
(pójas asteróidov)
— region of the solar system
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Spanish:
cinturón de asteroides
— region of the solar system
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Tamil:
சிறுகோள் பட்டை
(ciṟukōḷ paṭṭai)
— region of the solar system
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Thai:
แถบดาวเคราะห์น้อย
(tɛ̀ɛp-daao-krɔ́-nɔ́ɔi)
— region of the solar system
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Turkish:
Asteroit Kuşağı
— region of the solar system
