What Do Astronomers Mean When They Refer to "Gaps" in the Asteroid

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Multiple Choice

What do astronomers mean when they refer to "gaps" in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?

• A)There are very few asteroids with diameters between 1 and 100 kilometers, creating a "gap" in the size distribution.
• B)There is a large population of asteroids too faint to see called the "gap" asteroids.
• C)Asteroids typically cluster together and this creates "gaps" on the sky.
• D)There are either pure metal or pure rock asteroids, but no mixtures. Thus there is a "gap" in the composition of asteroids.
• E)Asteroids seem to avoid certain orbits around the Sun, creating "gaps" in the orbits that asteroids can have.

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