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Asteroid Belt
It is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
It contains billions and billions if asteroids.
From Ceres, designated as a dwarf planet down in size to pebbles.
We know at least 7,000 asteroids.
Its about 150 million km (93 million) thick.