
Lack of asteroids in regions within the asteroid beltBelt located between 2.12 and 3.3 AU from the Sun and located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter containing the vast majority of asteroids. The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish it from other asteroid populations in the Solar System such (between Mars and Jupiter) coinciding with orbital periods that are simple fractions of Jupiter’s own orbital periodThe length of time it takes an orbiting object to make one complete trip around its primary body. The Earth’s orbital period around the Sun is 1 year and the Moon's is one 27.3 days. Mercury's orbital period is ~88 days (closest to the Sun) and Neptune's is ~165 years. The absence of asteroids in these gaps is due to resonance with Jupiter’s gravitational influence.
