And then similarly in the near asteroids, and eventually the main-belt asteroids.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Speculist: October 2004 Archives] Reference

Other main-belt asteroids are already named for science fiction luminaries Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sulu To Speak at ARC - NASA Watch] Reference

See also: entry for main-belt asteroid 6980 Kyusakamoto in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Small-Body Database.    From Wordnik.com.  [I misheard | clusterflock] Reference

As such, they claim, "theoretical models producing the lunar cataclysm by gravitational ejection of main-belt asteroids are seriously challenged.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Reexamining a Cataclysm | Universe Today] Reference

The main-belt asteroid 216 Kleopatra has two companions.    From Wordnik.com.  [SPACE.com] Reference

Flora is a large, bright main-belt asteroid of 125 km size.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zee News : India National] Reference

The older craters are consistent with the size distribution of main-belt asteroids.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

So would a smashup involving two main-belt asteroids result in something like this?.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

Two years later, a second triple system (45 Eugenia) was discovered in the main-belt also using an adaptive optics system.    From Wordnik.com.  [SPACE.com] Reference

Astronomers believe main-belt comets are powered by the same mechanism as regular comets - ice that gets heated by sunlight and vaporises, shedding puffs of gas and dust.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

One year later, Steve Ostro, astronomer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, published an article in Science that summarized the analysis of radar observations that revealed that the mysterious shape of this M-type, main-belt asteroid.    From Wordnik.com.  [SPACE.com] Reference

Asteroid 4859 was named Asteroid Fraknoi by the International Astronomical Union to recognize his contributions to the public understanding of astronomy, but he is eager to reassure readers that his is an extremely boring main-belt asteroid that is in no danger of hitting Earth.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"Investigation of the chemical and isotopic composition of main-belt asteroid ice by either ground-based telescopes or spacecraft will allow comparison with terrestrial water, yielding a bounty of insights into this ancient water source," he notes in a commentary accompanying the articles published by the Campins group and Rivkin and Emery in same issue of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews] Reference