The Asteroid Belt consists of asteroids and minor planets. It is located between Mars and Jupiter. Apparently, astronomers in the 1700's thought that the asteroids were planets. They named it Ceres until they realised that it was too small to be a planet so they called it an asteroid. It was stated an asteroid belt on 1st January, 1801. The Asteroid Belt is one of my favourite celestial objects!
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