NOUN
- the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found
How To Use asteroid belt In A Sentence
- We do it now on a small scale to bring the rocks into Earth orbit from the asteroid belt.
- Their utility in servicing traffic from Earth to the asteroid belt is, however, dubious.
- For operations in the region of space from Earth out to the asteroid belt, we need only extract water.
- I could explain why it was gravitational synchrony that caused certain asteroids to be flung out of the asteroid belt and ultimately to strike our planet, probably extinguishing the dinosaurs and many other creatures.
- In fact with appropriate advancements in propulsion and life support technology, it is reasonable to consider extending the approach to missions into the main asteroid belt and destinations in the outer solar system. Griffin Beg-a-thon Update - NASA Watch
- There are several other spherical Kuiper Belt Objects that should also be considered planets–Haumea, Makemake, and Eris–as well as Ceres in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Readings, signings, and other events vaguely literary for Monday, February 23, 2009 | Seattle Metblogs
- The asteroid belt is broadly zoned into bands of different classes of asteroids.
- large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt
- Rosetta will leave the benign environment of near-Earth space to the dark, frigid regions beyond the asteroid belt.
- But some, including Eros, wander out of the asteroid belt and into the inner solar system during each orbit.