Which One of the Following Statements About the Asteroid Belt

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Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements about the asteroid belt is falseFALSE?

• A) The masses of all the known asteroid belt asteroids, added together, would produce a body too small to be classified as a planet.
• B) All known asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter.
• C) In spite of the vast average separations between asteroids, they can sometimes collide.
• D) Almost all asteroids have orbits that lie near the plane of the ecliptic.

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