Which of these is NOT true of asteroids in the solar system?
A) The masses of all the known asteroids in the asteroid belt, added together, would produce a body too small to be classified as a planet.
B) All known asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter.
C) Despite 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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