For 10 points, what are these astronomical objects such as Ceres and Vesta that are primarily located in a belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
They are divided into taxonomic classes C, S, and M based on spectral reflectance and albedo. Their three largest families are Eos, Koronis, and Themis. NEAR Shoemaker was the first spacecraft to orbit one of these objects and their existence at points in the solution to the circular, restricted three-body problem was predicted by Lagrange. Mean-motion resonances of Jupiter's orbital period produce depletions in these objects called Kirkwood gaps and ones named after Patroclus, Hector, and Achilles and are known as the Trojans. For 10 points, what are these astronomical objects such as Ceres and Vesta that are primarily located in a belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
They are divided into taxonomic classes C, S, and M based on spectral reflectance and albedo.
{asteroids} [or {minor planets}; or {planetoids}; accept {meteorites} before “Eos” is read]