File:Main belt e vs a.png
Summary
Plot of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eccentricity_(orbit)" class="extiw" title="en:eccentricity (orbit)">eccentricity</a> e vs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/semi-major_axis" class="extiw" title="en:semi-major axis">en:semi-major axis</a> a for numbered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/asteroid" class="extiw" title="en:asteroid">en:asteroids</a> inward of about 6 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/astronomical_unit" class="extiw" title="en:astronomical unit">AU</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/main_belt" class="extiw" title="en:main belt">en:main belt</a> is shown in red and blue, and contains 98.5% of all the objects. Within this, the "core" region between the 4:1 and 2:1 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood_gap" class="extiw" title="en:Kirkwood gap">en:Kirkwood gaps</a>, and at moderate inclinations and eccentricities is shown in red. It contains 93.4% of all the objects.
For reference, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars" class="extiw" title="en:Mars">en:Mars</a> orbits out to 1.666 AU, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter" class="extiw" title="en:Jupiter">en:Jupiter</a> between 4.95 and 5.46 AU.
The diagram was created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Deuar" class="extiw" title="en:User:Deuar">me</a> (Piotr Deuar) using orbit data for 120437 numbered minor planets from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPCORB.html">Minor Planet Center orbit databse</a>, dated 8 Feb 2006.
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| current | 18:53, 3 January 2017 | | 1,086 × 834 (55 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Plot of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eccentricity_(orbit)" class="extiw" title="en:eccentricity (orbit)">eccentricity</a> <i>e</i> vs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/semi-major_axis" class="extiw" title="en:semi-major axis">en:semi-major axis</a> <i>a</i> for numbered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/asteroid" class="extiw" title="en:asteroid">en:asteroids</a> inward of about 6 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/astronomical_unit" class="extiw" title="en:astronomical unit">AU</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/main_belt" class="extiw" title="en:main belt">en:main belt</a> is shown in red and blue, and contains 98.5% of all the objects. Within this, the "core" region between the 4:1 and 2:1 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood_gap" class="extiw" title="en:Kirkwood gap">en:Kirkwood gaps</a>, and at moderate inclinations and eccentricities is shown in red. It contains 93.4% of all the objects. <p>For reference, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars" class="extiw" title="en:Mars">en:Mars</a> orbits out to 1.666 AU, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter" class="extiw" title="en:Jupiter">en:Jupiter</a> between 4.95 and 5.46 AU. </p> The diagram was created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Deuar" class="extiw" title="en:User:Deuar">me</a> (Piotr Deuar) using orbit data for 120437 numbered minor planets from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPCORB.html">Minor Planet Center orbit databse</a>, dated 8 Feb 2006. |
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