Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies the asteroid belt, which includes the dwarf planet Ceres.

在火星和木星的轨道间分布着小行星带，之中有一颗矮行星谷神星。

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Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet dwelling in the Kuiper belt.

冥王星现在被认定为一颗处于柯伊伯带中的矮行星。

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It is also the former number of Route 491, a brand of cough syrup, and forms part of the name of 666 Desdemona, a minor planet in the asteroid belt.

它同时也是491航线的前身；一个止咳糖浆的牌子；姓名表中表示第666号苔丝狄蒙娜；一个小行星带的小行星编号。

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"We will use the tremendous capabilities of this ion propulsion system to climb out of orbit around Vesta, travel for almost another three years through the asteroid belt to dwarf planet Ceres and then go into orbit around Ceres and undertake the same kind of measurements there that we'll be doing at Vesta.

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T. and an expert on the Main Asteroid Belt, points out, the belt could have never hosted a planet large enough to claim Mars as a satellite.

FORBES: Main Asteroid Belt No Remnant Of Exploded Planet

The zone is a belt of low pressure that wraps around the planet.

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The probe, which launched in 2007, reached Vesta a few weeks ago, and will be spending about a year there before it departs on its three year journey to the dwarf planet Ceres, also located in the asteroid belt.

FORBES: Stunning Photos of Vesta from Dawn