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* Not a Not a [[Main World]].
 
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* [[Planet]] or [[world]] type.
 
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=== Asteroids vs. Planetoids! ===
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''[[Asteroid Belt|Asteroid]] and [[Planetoid Belt]]s:'' The terms [[asteroid]] and [[planetoid]] are effectively synonymous; they mean small or minor planets. Each term refers to a belt of many similar small planets in orbit around the central [[star]].
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* For the purposes of differentiation, the term [[asteroid]] refers to such a belt when it is the [[main world]] of a [[system]]. The term [[planetoid belt]] refers to such a group of minor planets when another belt or world is the [[main world]] in a [[system]].
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* Asteroid and planetoid belts typically hold between 1,000 and 10,000 [[asteroid]]s or [[planetoid]]s each. {{Page cite|name= Scouts |page= 39 |version=Classic Traveller}}
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== See also ==
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{{Referral-Tree-U-Universal-World-Profile}}
  
 
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Revision as of 00:38, 19 August 2020

A Planetoid Belt World is an asteroid belt is a circumstellar disc in a system occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets.

Description / Specifications

No information yet available.

Planetary Characteristics

No information yet available.

TC Vacuum World Series (Inhospitable) (IISS Scout Handbook, pgs. 490-491)
Type Code Size Atm Hyd Pop Gov Law Remarks
Asteroid Belt World As 0 0 0 -- -- -- Asteroid. Part of belt. MW.
Planetoid Belt None 0 0 0 -- -- -- Planetoid. Part of belt. Non-MW.
Vacuum World Va 123456789 0 -- -- -- -- Vacuum. Asteroid or planetoid belt. Usually Co or Fr.

Probably Planetary Orbit & Climate

No information yet available.

World Placement by Zone (IISS Scout Handbook, pgs. 490-491) (← starward) Habitable Zone / HZ] (staraway →)
TC Inner (-) HZ-2 HZ-1 HZ HZ+1 HZ+2 Outer (+) Remote & Far Systems Remarks
As Unlikely Belt Belt Unlikely Belt Belt Unlikely Possible A belt as a Main World.
Va Unlikely Likely Likely Possible Likely Likely Unlikely Possible A world without an atmosphere.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Asteroids vs. Planetoids!

Asteroid and Planetoid Belts: The terms asteroid and planetoid are effectively synonymous; they mean small or minor planets. Each term refers to a belt of many similar small planets in orbit around the central star.

See also

Universal world profile

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