It contains lumps of rock and metal much smaller than planets. These lumps are called asteroids or minor planets. They are not visible from Earth with the naked eye, but many may be seen through binoculars or small telescopes
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An asteroid is a small rocky object orbiting the sun, mainly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They vary in size from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers across and are remnants from the early solar system.
An asteroid is a rocky object, too small to be considered a planet, in an elliptical orbit around the sun.
an asteroid is a huge or a small irregular rock which orbits a star and is made up of metals
That sketchy description could be applied to a planet, a satellite, a moon, an asteroid, a comet, a meteoroid, or even an electron.
a rather large asteroid
Mars is not in the asteroid belt. The Asteroid Belt is between Mars and Jupiter.
The second asteroid named after Elicott Douglass is 6052 Icarion.
An asteroid is a small rocky body that orbits the sun, while an asteroid belt is a region in our solar system located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where many asteroids are found. The asteroid belt is like a "belt" of smaller objects orbiting the sun, with the largest asteroid being Ceres.