An asteroid belt is a field of asteroids, small celestial bodies, usually of metallic composition, which form an elliptical pattern in orbit around a star. An asteroid belt may be formed either when, during the origin of a star system, interstellar matter fails to coalesce into a planet, or else a planet for some reason breaks apart into smaller bodies.
An asteroid belt circles Sol between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Circa 2179, the USS Benjamin Franklin defeated a fleet of pirate vessels in Sol's asteroid belt, in what was known as as the Battle of the Belt. (TNG novel: The Haunted Starship)
Systems with asteroid belts
- Aelas
- Alamedus
- Aldhan system
- Alpha Omicron system (Alpha Omicron asteroid belt)
- Argala system
- Artaleirh
- Anrak system
- Aquila system
- Artaleirh system
- Beta Thoridar
- Bletayil
- Bolarus (First Bolarus asteroid belt, Second Bolarus asteroid belt)
- Capricorn Arday system
- Cardassia system
- Ceti Alpha
- C-71 (Ferrous-Asteroid Belt)
- Delta (Mila Xa)
- Denevan system (Denevan asteroid belt)
- Denar
- Devolin system
- FGC-38919
- Gamelan (Maltasion asteroid belt)
- Gorsach
- Huranzi
- Idran system
- Koolhas
- Kyana
- Moriya system (Terikof belt)
- Nabu system
- Narisian system
- New Kentar system
- Qo'noS (Praxis Ring)
- Rigel system
- Salva
- Sicon
- Sirius
- Sol (Sol asteroid belt)
- Teneebia
- Tessen (Pelloris field)
- Vagra (Vagra asteroid belt)
- Vegan system
- Ventarus Idrilon
- Vir-Akzelen
- Vlugta system (Vlugta asteroid belt)
- Vulcan system
Other asteroid belts
- Birsiba
- Calbriden Prime
- Dante Field
- Deltived asteroid belt
- Duparre Asteroid Belt
- Hanolin asteroid belt
- Ikalian asteroid belt
- Lotonian Asteroid Belt
- Maltese asteroid belt
- Mewesian asteroid belt
- Miranuri asteroid belt
- Rush Asteroid Belt
- Selebi asteroid belt
- Sicon Ring
- Tabukan asteroid belt
- Terikof Belt
- Thaleris asteroid belt
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External links
- Asteroid belt article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Asteroid belt article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.