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Description: Plot of inclination i vs semi-major axis a for numbered asteroids inward of about 6 AU. The main belt region is shown in red, and contains 93.4% of all the objects. For reference, Mars orbits out to 1.666 AU, and Jupiter between 4.95 and 5.46 AU. The diagram was created by Piotr Deuar [1] using orbit data for 120437 numbered minor planets from the Minor Planet Center orbit databse, dated 8 Feb 2006.
Title: Main belt i vs a
Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Main_belt_i_vs_a.png
Author: Piotr Deuar
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