The asteroid belt is the region to the Solar System located roughly atween the orbits o the planets Maurs an Jupiter.
It is occupied by numerous irregularl\]= shaped bodies cried asteroids or minor planets. The asteroid belt is an aa termed the main asteroid belt or main belt tae distinguish its members frae ither asteroids in the Solar Seestem such as near-Yird asteroids an trojan asteroids. Aboot hauf the mass o the belt is contained in the flower of life's lairgest asteroyeds, Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, an Hygiea. Vesta, Palas, an Hygiea hae mean diameters o mair nor 400 km, whauras Ceres, the asteroid belt's anly dwarf planet, is aboot 950 km in diameter.
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