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What are asteroids? Where are they located?

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Asteroids are rocky objects primarily found in the asteroid belt, a region of the solar system that lies more than 2.5 times as far from the Sun as Earth does, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. These objects are sometimes called minor planets or planetoids.


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