As a preliminary to closer consideration, let us ask what may be inferred from the rate of discovery of the Planetoids, and from the sizes of those most recently discovered.
"Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I"
Herbert Spencer
How came this nebulous zone, out of which it is supposed the Planetoids arose, to have originated eccentricities so divergent from one another as well as from those of the neighbouring planets?
"Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I"
Herbert Spencer
That is to say, nearly all of them frequent the same region as the Planetoids.
"Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I"
Herbert Spencer