asteroid belt

See also: Asteroid Belt

English

Alternative forms

• Asteroid Belt

Proper noun

asteroid belt

1. (astronomy) 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.

   Synonyms: main belt, main asteroid belt

Translations

region of the solar system

• Afrikaans: asteroïedgordel
• Arabic: حِزَام كُوَيْكِبَات (ḥizām kuwaykibāt)
• Catalan: cinturó d'asteroides m
• Finnish: asteroidivyöhyke (fi)
• French: ceinture d’astéroïdes (fr) f
• Georgian: ასტეროიდთა სარტყელი (asṭeroidta sarṭq̇eli)
• German: Asteroidengürtel (de) m, Hauptgürtel m, Planetoidengürtel m
• Greek: ζώνη αστεροειδών n (zóni asteroeidón)
• Hungarian: kisbolygóöv (hu)
• Italian: cintura asteroidale f, fascia principale f
• Japanese: 小惑星帯 (ja) (shōwakuseitai), アステロイドベルト (asuteroido beruto)
• Khmer: ខ្សែក្រវាត់តារាសណ្ឋាន (khseh krovat dara son tharn)
• Korean: 소행성대 (ko) (sohaengseongdae)
• Maori: Tāhei Aorangi Iti
• Polish: pas planetoid (pl) m
• Portuguese: cintura de asteroides f
• Russian: по́яс астеро́идов (ru) m (pójas asteróidov)
• Spanish: cinturón de asteroides m
• Thai: แถบดาวเคราะห์น้อย (tɛ̀ɛp-daao-krɔ́-nɔ́ɔi)
• Turkish: Asteroit Kuşağı (tr)

Noun

asteroid belt (plural asteroid belts)

1. (astronomy) 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.

Hyponyms

• Main Asteroid Belt
• Kuiper Belt
• Kuiper belt

Further reading

• asteroid belt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia