Talk:Asteroid belt

A. Torus vs A. torus
Please discuss about the word "torus" here. GoodGod21 (talk) 06:05, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * It's torus-shaped because many of the orbital inclinations are not close to zero. I.e. topologically it's not a flat ring; there's a depth to the belt. It's often described as 1 AU "thick", so it would be expensive in fuel cost to fly "over" it. Praemonitus (talk) 16:42, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Other asteroid belts in solar system sections
There are other asteroid belts in the solar system that should probably get their own sections
 * Amor asteroid belt
 * Apollo asteroid belt
 * Aten asteroid belt

--Wikideas1 (talk) 08:20, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * They're not belts.  Serendi pod ous  13:26, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

FA status
In terms of reviewing the FA status I did a bit of upkeep, but there is some unsourced material and I'm not sure the article is fully up to date with respect to, say, DeMeo et al (2015). Praemonitus (talk) 23:56, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Sigh, You hate me don't you? Alright. I have tons of work to do today but if I have time I'll look into updating the references.  Serendi pod ous  11:26, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Hate you specifically? Of course not, bud. Don't take it so personally. Anyway, it's not just the citations that need to be updated. Praemonitus (talk) 14:46, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Relax dude. Exhasperated humour. Given that if I don't take this on, no one will, it would have been nice to wait until the Sedna FAR was closed.  Serendi pod ous  16:33, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I wasn't planning to take this to FAR; this is just a comment for anybody interested in keeping this article at FA status long-term. Thanks. Praemonitus (talk) 17:20, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Page 374 of "The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System" has a nice chart showing the "Asteroid distribution of spectral type with distance". There's a similar chart in "Solar System evolution from compositional mapping of the asteroid belt", which lists Gradie and Tedesco (1982) as its original source. Praemonitus (talk) 01:51, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Turns out the last paper is accessible via the Wikipedia Library through the AAAS. There is indeed a nice chart suitable for conversion to SVG format. I'll have to scrape the rust off my Inkscape skills. Praemonitus (talk) 04:46, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Chart added. Praemonitus (talk) 02:43, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

I don't see a discussion of the size distribution of the belt, which would perhaps be in the form of a power law or a chart. There are a number of papers available on the topic. Praemonitus (talk) 19:09, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Resolved. Praemonitus (talk) 21:55, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

"Da Belte" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Ida
In my opinion, the most interesting asteroid photo was of Ida and its moonlet Dactyl. I would suggest adding that to the article. agb 143.43.158.178 (talk) 17:29, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * It might work in the Exploration section in place of the artist's concept illustration. Praemonitus (talk) 21:51, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

It should either be "asteroid belt" or "Asteroid Belt".
"Asteroid" is not a proper noun, but "asteroid belt" would be. So pick one.  Serendi pod ous  11:10, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * In published scientific papers it is always written "asteroid belt", because it is just a description rather than a proper name. Wiktionary has "Asteroid Belt" as an alternative spelling. Praemonitus (talk) 18:10, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Changed back to standard. Why no one noticed for so long I have no idea.  Serendi pod ous  23:09, 10 June 2024 (UTC)