Kirkwood gaps
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| definition | Regions in the asteroid belt within which few asteroids are found. The Kirkwood gaps are due to the perturbing effects of Jupiter through resonances with Jupiter's orbital period. | ||||||
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| contributor | AAS_Frey.Katie_Admin original | ||||||