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Main Asteroid belt (main belt), between Mars and Jupiter, in near circular orbit, 2.2 to 3.2 AU Hungaria asteroids, small group, 1.78 to 2.00 AU; Alinda asteroids, small group, 2.5 AU in elliptical orbits; Hilda asteroid small group just inside Jupiter, 4.0 AU; Kuiper belt large belt, 43 to 64.5 AU; Scattered disc small group, 21.5 to 215 AU
This asteroid belt is also called the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish it from other asteroid populations in the Solar System. [ 1 ] The asteroid belt is the smallest and innermost known circumstellar disc in the Solar System.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Main belt: Orbital ... 392 Wilhelmina is a large Main belt asteroid.
169 Zelia is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by the brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on September 28, 1876. Credit for this discovery was given to Prosper. [ 3 ] Initial orbital elements for this asteroid were published in 1877 by American astronomer H. A. Howe .
168 Sibylla is a large main-belt asteroid, discovered by Canadian-American astronomer J. C. Watson on September 28, 1876. It was most likely named for the Sibyls, referring to the Ancient Greek female oracles. [7]
275 Sapientia is a very large Main belt asteroid that was discovered by Johann Palisa on 15 April 1888 in Vienna. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. It is named for the Roman personification of wisdom, Sapientia. [3]
385 Ilmatar is a large main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on March 1, 1894, in Heidelberg. [3] It was named after Ilmatar, virgin spirit of the air from the Finnish epic Kalevala. Its mass has been estimated as (1.039 ± 0.515/0.201) × 10 18 kg. [2] Its rotation is 62.35 hr.
359 Georgia is a typical Main belt asteroid.It is classified as an X-type asteroid.. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 10 March 1893 in Nice.It was named by the daughter of Felix Klein at a meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in 1902 held at the Georg August University of Göttingen, where Klein was a professor.