What are Asteroids?

What are Asteroids?

Asteroids are large pieces of rock and metal. The first asteroid was spotted in 1801, by an Italian astronomer named Piazzi. He found an object in space which he believed was a very small planet and named it Ceres. Since then many similar objects called asteroids have been discovered. Most of the asteroids have been discovered. Most of the asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, in an area called the Asteroid Belt

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