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We don't worry about hitting an asteroid if going through the belt, because the density of objects is so low.
If you wanted to stay in the asteroid belt you would have many more opportunities for a collision, so avoiding asteroids becomes a lot more important.
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We don't worry about hitting an asteroid if going through the belt, because the density of objects is so low.
If you wanted to stay in the asteroid belt you would have many more opportunities for a collision, so avoiding asteroids becomes a lot more important.