A rocky object smaller than a planet revolving around the Sun [1]. They are minor planets, smaller than any minor planets in our Solar System; not a satellite of a major planet such as Jupiter [2]. Most are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, in an area called the Asteroid Belt [1].
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