Which scientific term best matches this description: Formal name for the asteroids that lie between Mars and Jupiter?

A) main asteroid belt

B) comet

C) dwarf planet

D) gas giant (Jovian planet)

Answer: A

Explanation: A formal name for the asteroids that lie between Mars and Jupiter. They are airless rocks that failed to adhere to one another to become larger bodies as the solar system was forming 4.6 billion years ago.

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