asteroid belt

The topic asteroid belt is discussed in the following articles:

small body regions

  • TITLE: astronomy
    SECTION: Investigations of the smaller bodies
  • TITLE: small body (astronomy)
    Although small bodies are found throughout the solar system, most of those known are concentrated in several regions. Those regions in which they travel in fairly stable orbits include (1) the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, (2) the gravitationally stable points (Lagrangian points) along the orbital paths of Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, and Earth—and perhaps of...