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Each individual member of the asteroid 'belt' ... and there may be millions of them ...

revolves around the sun in its own orbit and with its own orbital period.

Most of them stay between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, so their orbital periods

are between 2 years and 12 years.

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We don't know enough about the "average" asteroid to make a determination. Some of them spin like tops; some are more sedate. But they ALL spin. There are MILLIONS of asteroids.

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