asteroid belt

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asteroid belt

noun Astronomy.
the region of space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in which most asteroids are located.
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asteroid belt definition


A region of the solar system between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. Most asteroids are found in the asteroid belt.

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
Main-belt comets reside in the asteroid belt but feature cometlike tails
  thought to arise from sublimating ice.
Known model, instead of the asteroid belt was a planet that blown up by its
  inhabitants.
The asteroid belt is littered with debris from crashes between giant rocks but
  a collision has never before been seen to happen.
Or even that the asteroid belt was still a small planet back then, also with
  life, including intelligent life.
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