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What lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?

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Large number of rocks having size of 1000 KM to small pebbles orbit in between mars and Jupiter.Jupiter mass of asteroids in the belt is about 4% that of Earth's Moon. Largest asteroid now named dwarf planet Ceres s about 950 KM in size.

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