Which of the following statements is NOT true of the asteroid belt?
A) The asteroid belt is also known as the Kuiper Belt.
B) Nearly all of the asteroids in our solar system orbit the Sun within the asteroid belt.
C) The asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter.
D) The asteroid belt includes primitive planetesimals that never coalesced into a planet.
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