Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System. The larger ones have also been called planetoids. The large majority of known asteroids orbit in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, or are co-orbital with Jupiter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System. The larger ones have also been called planetoids. The large majority of known asteroids orbit in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, or are co-orbital with Jupiter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics-general-science"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n