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Current thinking is that the Asteroid Belt never constituted a single terrestrial body in the past; for whatever reason, there was not enough mass in the Belt for the matter there to accrete into a single body, as happened in the case of Earth or Mars, e.g.

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No, not all terrestrial planets lie inside the asteroid belt. The terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are all located within the inner solar system, with Mercury being the closest planet to the Sun. The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter and consists of numerous small rocky bodies.

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Yes, or at least in our solar system. Pluto lies outside of the asteroid belt, but it is not considered a planet anymore, so is does not count as terrestrial. Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all located inside the asteroid belt.

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No. Our solar system has two, while earth itself does not.

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Q: Do all the terrestrial planets lie inside the asteroid belt?
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