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SOLAR SYSTEM
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near Neptune
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between Mercury and Venus
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between Mars and Jupiter
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around the Sun
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Detailed explanation-1: -Farther from Earth, the full asteroid belt contains over a million members, with the majority lying between Mars and Jupiter.
Detailed explanation-2: -There have been many theories, including an early popular theory that the asteroid belt consists of the remains of a planet that disintegrated millions of years ago. However, we have since learned that the asteroid belt doesn’t contain enough material to account for a planet.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter, and Trojan asteroids both lead and follow Jupiter. Scientists now know that asteroids were the original “building blocks” of the inner planets.
Detailed explanation-4: -The asteroid belt is a ring-shaped region in the solar system, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars.