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Where is dactyl located?
Dactyl is a moon of the asteroid Ida located in the asteroid belt.
Is the the moon part of the earth or an asteroid?
Theory suggests that it is a remnant of a large asteroid that struck the Earth
Why do asteroids hit the moon?
Asteroid's hitting the moon is a completely random event. However, if an asteroid was flying past the moon, gravity may pull it towards the surface.
What is the people on the asteroid belt?
The crab people currently inhabit the asteroid belt. The furthest from Earth that humans have reached is the Moon which is a tiny fraction of the distance to the asteroid belt.
Which theory proposes that the moon was a passing asteroid pulled into orbit by Earth's gravity?
The capture theory says that the moon was originally orbiting the sun, but it passed to near the earth, and became the moon. The biggest problem with this theory is that this action would have created so much heat that it would melt the earth.
What was Phobos before it became a moon?
It is believed that Phobos was most likely a captured asteroid.
Can asteroids become moons?
No. An asteroid can get captured by an asteroid and become a moon, but not the moon. Our moon is too large to be considered an asteroid.
What is the name of the asteroid that had its own moon?
The first confirmed case of an asteroid orbiting another asteroid is the asteroid Ida which is orbited by a smaller asteroid orbiting it called Dactyl; other asteroid moons have been found since.
Is the Moon's on the asteroid belt?
Earth’s Moon is far from the Astroid belt. However, the main belt astroid Ida has its own moon called Dactyl.
What is within moon?
asteroid
Is Ida a moon?
No, its an asteroid but it has a moon called Dactyl
Where is dactyl located?
Dactyl is a moon of the asteroid Ida located in the asteroid belt.
Will the moon be destroy if an asteroid hit it?
No. The moon is large enough that even a collision with the solar system's largest asteroid would not destroy it.
Is the the moon part of the earth or an asteroid?
Theory suggests that it is a remnant of a large asteroid that struck the Earth
Why do asteroids hit the moon?
Asteroid's hitting the moon is a completely random event. However, if an asteroid was flying past the moon, gravity may pull it towards the surface.
Was the moon always in the earths orbit?
Many scientists do not believe so.Back when the Earth was cooling down and becoming a solid mass without scorching lava and burning temperatures, an asteroid was thought to hit the premature Earth. The asteroid became part of the Earth, and the material that was ejected from Earth formed its own mass, the Moon. The Moon became a mass and started orbiting the Earth, since the ejected material was not very far away from Earth.Thus, in Earth's early days, it did not have a moon.
What moon is antiope?
It isn't a moon; 90 Antiope is a double asteroid.
