GK
THE UNIVERSE
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Orbiting very close to the sun
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In a belt between the inner and outer planets
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In a belt at the outside edge of the solar system
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Orbiting the sun at the same distance as Jupiter
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Detailed explanation-1: -Main Asteroid Belt : The majority of known asteroids orbit within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, generally with not very elongated orbits. The belt is estimated to contain between 1.1 and 1.9 million asteroids larger than 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) in diameter, and millions of smaller ones.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main belt lies between Mars and Jupiter, roughly two to four times the Earth-sun distance, and spans a region about 140 million miles across. Objects in the belt are divided into eight subgroups named after the main asteroids in each group.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most of the asteroids in the solar system lie in the Asteroid Belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Detailed explanation-4: -Origin and Evolution of Asteroids Asteroids are concentrated in the asteroid belt because of orbital resonances between asteroids and Jupiter.