The first asteroid the Little Prince visits on his journey is the one inhabited by the King. We don't know how the King got there. The book doesn't say. But that is something all the inhabitants of the planets the Little Prince visits have in common -- they all simply exist on their planets, and, seemingly, always have, and always will. I don't think this is a mistake, either. The world of grownups is full of ridiculous people like the King, who rule their little worlds and cannot see how pointless their lives have become. The fact that we don't know how the King came to be on his asteroid says that such people have always existed, and always will.
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