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main asteroid belt

main asteroid belt proper noun: synonym of main belt.

Proper noun (1)

main asteroid belt

  1. Synonym of main belt.
    • 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.2015, Patrick Michel, Francesca E. DeMeo, William F. Bottke, Asteroids IV, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 19
    Synonyms:
    main belt

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Main Asteroid Belt

the Main Asteroid Belt

  1. Synonym of main belt.
    • Most of the near-Earth objects originated in the Main Asteroid Belt, located between Mars and Jupiter, although some of them probably evolved into their current orbits from the reservoir of short-period comets extending beyond Jupiter […]2006, Lucy-Ann McFadden, Torrence Johnson, Paul Weissman, Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 283
    Synonyms:
    main belt

Synonyms of main asteroid belt

Questions about main asteroid belt

What does main asteroid belt mean?
Main asteroid belt means synonym of main belt.
What part of speech is main asteroid belt?
Main asteroid belt is a proper noun.

Words near main asteroid belt in the dictionary

  1. maimons
  2. maims
  3. Maimuru
  4. main
  5. Main Arm
  6. main asteroid belt
  7. main battle tank
  8. main battle tanks
  9. main belt
  10. main belts
  11. main bitch

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