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Asteroids orbit the Sun.
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Is it true that asteroids orbit the Sun?
Yes. A Wikipedia article and a NASA fact page both state directly that asteroids revolve around the Sun in orbits, and several other sources presuppose asteroids travel on heliocentric orbits.
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Asteroid - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid
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List of exceptional asteroids. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exceptional_asteroids
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Asteroid Facts. (n.d.). science.nasa.gov. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/facts/
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Qian, Y., Si, Z., Yang, X., & Zhang, W. (2020). Parametric resonance orbit analysis for irregular shaped asteroids based on the perturbed particle-linkage model. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4527/20/12/193
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Tsirvouils, G., Granvik, M., Schirner, L., Toliou, A., Geem, J., & Hagermann, A. (2026). Instantaneous thermally-driven erosion can explain dearth of dark near-Sun asteroids. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2026.116942
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Georgios, T., Mikael, G., & Leonard, S. (2026). Instantaneous thermally-driven erosion can explain dearth of dark near-Sun asteroids. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18173253
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