What are asteroids like?
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Asteroids have several general features of interest.
Firstly, their formation - they all represent material that was not used in the initial formation of the solar system.
For whatever reason - chance and position - they did not form planets, and therefore were left scattered.
They do not represent much material - it is thought that if they were all joined together the mass would only be that of half of our Moon!
Most asteroids are in a 'belt' between Mars and Jupiter.
Some asteroids even have their own mini moons - for instance Ida and Dactyl.
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