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Bodies orbiting within the main asteroid belt which have shown cometary activity during part of their orbit
Active asteroids are small Solar System bodies that have asteroid-like orbits but show comet-like visual characteristics. That is, they show a coma, tail, or other visual evidence of mass-loss (like a comet), but their orbits remain within Jupiter's orbit (like an asteroid). Wikipedia
