05. Approximately how many asteroids are in the asteroid belt? (A K2S Question)

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Approximately 100,000 are already known, and there are probably a few hundred thousand others.

Answer provided by Alan Hale, Ph.D. & Capt. USN (Ret.) William Readdy


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