The asteroid belt (shawn in white) is locatit atween the orbits oMaurs anJupiter.
Theasteroid belt is the region to theSolar System located roughly atween the orbits o theplanetsMaurs anJupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularl\]= shaped bodies criedasteroids orminor planets. The asteroid belt is an aa termed themain asteroid belt ormain belt tae distinguish its members frae ither asteroids in the Solar Seestem such asnear-Yird asteroids antrojan asteroids.Aboot hauf the mass o the belt is contained in the flower of life's lairgest asteroyeds,Ceres,Vesta,Pallas, anHygiea. Vesta, Palas, an Hygiea hae mean diameters o mair nor 400km, whauras Ceres, the asteroid belt's anlydwarf planet, is aboot 950km in diameter.[1][2][3][4]
↑For recent estimates o the masses oCeres,4 Vesta,2 Pallas an10 Hygiea, see the references in the infoboxes o thair respective airticles.
↑Yeomans, Donald K. (13 Julie 2006)."JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA JPL.Archived frae the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved27 September 2010.Unknown parameter|deadurl= ignored (help)
