Belt:
Name: Vela region 1
Extent: orbits between
45m km, and 70m km
Density: moderate, most
bodies lie in a band between 61m km, and 63m km
Object size
distribution:
~4400 objects 50km+
~1000 objects 150km+
5 objects 300km+
0 objects above 600km
Composition: nearly all
metallic, some stony and igneous, thought to be planetary remnants, or a
region of planetesimals that never formed to create a planet.
Summary: This belt is
typical of the inner belts found in the Vela system, many asteroids in
this belt have been dismantled for ship manufacture for the various
shipyard in this system, this belt is particularly favored because of
the high density of the asteroids, and structural integrity.
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