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Asteroids are rocky and metallic objects that orbit the Sun but are too small to be considered planets. They are known as minor planets

They have been found inside Earth's orbit to beyond Saturn's orbit. Most, however, are contained within a main belt that exists between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Some have orbits that cross Earth's path and some have even hit the Earth in times past

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