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Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter in the Main Asteroid Belt. They range in size from pebbles to Ceres, the largest asteroid which is 605 miles in diameter. Asteroids have irregular shapes as their weak gravity does not force them into spheres. The three main types of asteroids are C-type, made of carbon-rich rock; S-type, containing both rock and metal nickel-iron; and M-type, composed almost entirely of nickel-iron. Astronomers study asteroid composition using spectroscopy and analysis

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