Asteroid - Distribution Within The Solar System

Distribution Within The Solar System

See also: list of minor-planet groups, List of notable asteroids, and List of minor planets

Various dynamical groups of asteroids have been discovered orbiting in the inner Solar System. Their orbits are perturbed by the gravity of other bodies in the Solar System and by the Yarkovsky effect. Significant populations include:

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