main asteroid belt
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Synonym of main belt
- 2015, Patrick Michel, Francesca E. DeMeo, William F. Bottke, Asteroids IV[1], University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 19:
- If the asteroid first has an interaction with the terrestrial planets, it is possible that its orbit can be altered in a way to pull it out of the main asteroid belt and reside almost entirely within the inner solar system.