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Their is belt of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. This belt circles the ""inside"" of our solar system and is called the Asteroid belt. This belt has a mean radius from the Sun of 2.6 Au’s. how long does it take for 1 asteroid to in the belt to travel around the Sun once? can i get an explanation

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Asteroids are minor planets, especially of the inner Solar System. Larger asteroids have also been called planetoids. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not resolve into a disc in a telescope and was not observed to have characteristics of an active comet such as a tail. As minor planets in the outer Solar System were discovered that were found to have volatile-rich surfaces similar to comets, these came to be distinguished from the objects found in the main asteroid belt.