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Chapter 10, Figure 4
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10.4
Diagram showing
the distribution of 21,785 asteroids. Notice that most lie between Mars and
Jupiter, but a small number form two loose clumps—the Trojan asteroids—located
on Jupiter's orbit. (Courtesy E. L. G. Bowell, Lowell Observatory.) Making
the plotted points large enough to see causes them to appear far more closely
packed than they really are.
