Asteroids are also known as the minor planets.
They are objects that revolve around the sun.
They are mostly found between the orbits of the mars and Jupiter. They are a belt of debris which failed to assemble into planets and keeps on revolving around the sun, this has come to be called as ‘asteroids belt’.
More than 5000 asteroids have been identified.
Asteroids may be spherical, elongated or irregular in shape.
All asteroids rotate on their axis every 5 to 20 hours. Certain asteroids may have satellites.
Trojan asteroid are found in two clouds moving in the orbit of the Jupiter, one moving ahead of it and the other moving behind it.
Scientists believe that these asteroids occupy a place where a planet could have existed but was prevented from its formation by the disruptive gravitational force of the nearby giant planet Jupiter.
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