UNIVERSE
SOLAR STRUCTURE
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Question
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star
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comet
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asteroid
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planet
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Detailed explanation-1: -Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun. Although asteroids orbit the sun like planets, they are much smaller than planets. There are lots of asteroids in our solar system. Most of them live in the main asteroid belt-a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most of these objects, called planetoids or asteroids-meaning “star-like”-orbit between Mars and Jupiter in a grouping known as the main asteroid belt. The main asteroid belt lies more than two-and-a-half times as far as Earth does from the sun and contains millions of asteroids.
Detailed explanation-3: -An asteroid is a small rocky body that orbits the Sun. Asteroids are smaller than a planet, but they are larger than the pebble-size objects we call meteoroids.