Jovimartian Asteroid Belt
The Jovimartian Asteroid Belt is a large torus-shaped asteroid belt found within the Kinosmo System, between planets Mars and Jupiter. The two planets couldn't decide on naming this asteroid belt since it is shared territory, so they settled on a joint name going in alphabetical order.
This asteroid belt comprises trillions of asteroids, ranging from microns in length to kilometres. Approximately 0.005% of asteroids reach more than a kilometre in width, or about 30 billion asteroids. Because of this, navigation in the belt is surprisingly easy and spacecrafts are almost never damaged while flying all the way through.
History
This asteroid belt has beenthe site of distrust for thousands of years. The jovians and martians are so different as species, with different ideologies, and they rarely get along. Both planets have attempted to take control of the entirety of the belt, causing much conflict over the past few thousand years.
The first major conflict over the belt came four thousand years ago, when jovians were first spreading into space. They attempted to claim part of the belt which was currently under Martian territory, and they were met with swift opposition. The battle, which is now referred to as the First Jovimartian War (of which there are four), which caused the destruction of approximately 30,000 mid-sized asteroids, several millions perishing. The conflict ended with both sides agreeing to co-ownership of the belt, which still stands to this day.
See Mars & Jupiter's Rivalry for more!Ecology
The Jovimartian Belt has an extroardinary amount of life, most of which are filter feeders absorbing tiny crystals, rocks, dust and debris in the atmosphere from asteroids crashing into each other. The belt has a large number of mega micro-fauna species, ranging from supreme tardigrades to martian mites. This asteroid belt is known for fostering life of mega proportions, at least compared to their closest relatives.
On the other end of the scale are microfauna. Species of tiny proportions are common here as well, which serve as the base of the various food webs in this belt.
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I imagine them to be pretty adorable, and taste delicious :D
I imagine them to be pretty adorable, and taste delicious :D