Documentation / @interstellar-tools/constants / ASTEROID_BELTS

Variable: ASTEROID_BELTS

const ASTEROID_BELTS: AsteroidBeltsType;

Defined in: bodies/asteroid-belts.ts:30

Predefined asteroid belts in the solar system visualization.

INFO

• Radii are in astronomical units (au).

• opacity is a visual alpha in the range [0..1].

• density is a relative visual density for rendering, not physical.

• Sources: compiled from public references, mainly NASA, NASA JPL, ESA and Wikipedia. See data sources.

Full list of asteroid belts in the dataset

This list is not an exhaustive list, and addition/changes will be added over time.

id	name	parent	innerRadius	outerRadius	display.color	display.opacity	display.density
main-asteroid-belt	Main Asteroid Belt	sun	2.1 au	3.3 au	#C4C4C4	0.3	0.8
kuiper-belt	Kuiper Belt	sun	30 au	50 au	#88CCEE	0.2	0.5

Example item in dataset:

{
  id: 'main-asteroid-belt',
  name: 'Main Asteroid Belt',
  parent: 'sun',
  innerRadius: { value: 2.1, unit: 'au' },
  outerRadius: { value: 3.3, unit: 'au' },
  display: {
    color: '#C4C4C4', // Light gray (rocky bodies)
    opacity: 0.3,
    density: 0.8
  }
},

Example

console.log(ASTEROID_BELTS[0].name); // "Main Asteroid Belt"

See

• AsteroidBeltsType.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt