Asteroids
Location: Most are in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
Size: From about 1/2 mile to hundreds of miles across
Asteroids are made of rock and metal.
Asteroids are large rocks that orbit the Sun. The drawing above is of the asteroid Gaspra. Gaspra is brown and grey.
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