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A plot of inner solar system asteroids and planets as of 2006 May 9, in a manner that exposes the Kirkwood Gaps. Similar to the plot, planets (with trajectories) are orange, Jupiter being the outer most in this view. Various asteroid classes are colour coded: 'generic' main-belt are white. Inside the main belt, we have the Aten's (red), Apollo (green) and Amor (blue). Outside the main belt, the Hilda (blue) and the Trojan's (green).

All object position vectors have been normalized to the length of the object's semi-major axis. The Kirkwood Gaps are visible in the main belt.

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current	17:27, 9 May 2006	768×768 (53 KB)	Mdf (Talk \| contribs)	({{PD-self}} A plot of inner solar system asteroids and planets as of 2006 May 9, in a manner that exposes the Kirkwood Gaps. Similar to the position plot, planets (with trajectories) are orange, Jupiter being the outer m)