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Is an asteroid a space rock?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Um kind of. I am not sure of what you mean by "space rock" but yes, I guess. An asteroid is bits of rock that did not form a planet found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter! I hope this helped!

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