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Consider the following statements regarding asteroids:
1. Asteroids are rocky debris of varying sizes orbiting the Sun.
2. Most of the asteroids are small but some have diameter as large as 1000 Km.
3. The orbit of asteroids lies between orbits of Jupiter and Saturn.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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- 1 and 2 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1,2 and 3
Correct Option: A
Asteroids are rocky debris of varying sizes orbiting the Sun. Most of the asteroids are small but some have diameter as large as 1000 Km. There are millions of asteroids, many thought to be the shattered remnants of planetesimals, bodies within the young Sun's solar nebula that never grew large enough to become planets. The large majority of known asteroids orbit in the asteroids belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, or are co-orbital with Jupiter. Asteroids vary greatly in size, from almost 1,000 Km for the largest down to rocks just tens of meters across.
