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An asteroid can get out of the belt because of another huge asteroid hitting it or by getting pulled into an unstable orbit by the gravity of Jupiter. There are gaps called Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt at certain distances from the sun because the influence of Jupiter causes orbits at those distances to become unstable. A collision with a comet would be another possible reason, but this is very unlikely (except in Hollywood movies).

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