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the main way scientist find new asteroids is through imaging them. They bring telescopes' large reflectors to a location in an area where they think the planet will be. They take an image, and then, from a couple minutes to a couple weeks later, they take another image of the same spot. anything that moves from each slide, they will check to see if it is an already existing and known object, or a man-made object, or fake. If the object is real, they will take several follow-up pictures to learn more about the asteroid's speed/trajectory/distance from the sun. the asteroid has been assigned a classification number once it has been proven to exist. once the orbital/physical mechanics of the asteroid have been discovered, the asteroid will be named. The namer may name the asteroid (only if it is a minor body) whatever they want, from xyyxxxxyyyzzz to blue purple-greenscreen. If the asteroid is large, it will be named according to what part of the solar system it resides in.
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How do scientists estimate how old the solar system is?
Scientists assume that the meteors, asteroids, and comets were created at the same time as the solar system. Those have rocks that contain radioactive materials. The radioactive materials became a part of those rocks when they were created. None were ever added. It is possible to find the rate at which radioactive materials decay into other elements. Scientists can take the radioactive material in a rock and measure it and compare the amount of its decay results to their tables in a book. That tells them the Solar System is something between 4 and 5 billion years old.
Between what planets will you find the asteroid belt?
The largest collection of asteroids is found orbiting the Sun between orbits of Mars and Jupiter, This area is sometimes called the "asteroid belt". Think about it this way: the asteroid belt is a big highway in a circle around the Sun. The asteroids are like cars on the highway, except that they are thousands of miles apart on the average. Even so, sometimes the asteroid cars run into one another. When this happens, the asteroids may break up into smaller asteroids. Scientists think that most asteroids are the result of collisions between larger rocky space bodies. Asteroids can be a few feet to several hundred miles wide. The belt probably contains at least 40,000 asteroids that are more than 0.5 miles across. If an asteroid is disturbed by the gravitational pull of a planet, or is involved in a collision, it can be thrown out of the belt and go into orbit as a moon. Some of Jupiter's many small moons were likely once asteroids.
Where can you find the asteroid belt?
The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in our solar system. It consists of millions of rocky objects that range in size from small pebbles to large asteroids.
Where are asteriods located?
Asteroids are located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, as well as in other regions of the solar system. Some asteroids also cross Earth's orbit and can come relatively close to our planet.
Where can you find the solar system?
The solar system is located in the Milky Way galaxy, specifically in one of its spiral arms called the Orion Arm. Earth is the third planet from the Sun in the solar system.
What can you find in solar system?
Planets like earth and mars. Asteroids, dust, debris from spacecraft, moons, and the sun.
When did the scientists find out about solar?
Lots
How do scientists estimate how old the solar system is?
Scientists assume that the meteors, asteroids, and comets were created at the same time as the solar system. Those have rocks that contain radioactive materials. The radioactive materials became a part of those rocks when they were created. None were ever added. It is possible to find the rate at which radioactive materials decay into other elements. Scientists can take the radioactive material in a rock and measure it and compare the amount of its decay results to their tables in a book. That tells them the Solar System is something between 4 and 5 billion years old.
Where do you find solar system cards?
in the solar system
What is astronauts do?
Astronauts go to different planets etc and collect specimens and other things so that scientists can research and find out more about our solar system.
What do you find in the center of the solar system?
A star and more specifically, in our solar system, the Sun.
Between what planets will you find the asteroid belt?
The largest collection of asteroids is found orbiting the Sun between orbits of Mars and Jupiter, This area is sometimes called the "asteroid belt". Think about it this way: the asteroid belt is a big highway in a circle around the Sun. The asteroids are like cars on the highway, except that they are thousands of miles apart on the average. Even so, sometimes the asteroid cars run into one another. When this happens, the asteroids may break up into smaller asteroids. Scientists think that most asteroids are the result of collisions between larger rocky space bodies. Asteroids can be a few feet to several hundred miles wide. The belt probably contains at least 40,000 asteroids that are more than 0.5 miles across. If an asteroid is disturbed by the gravitational pull of a planet, or is involved in a collision, it can be thrown out of the belt and go into orbit as a moon. Some of Jupiter's many small moons were likely once asteroids.
Where can you find the asteroid belt?
The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in our solar system. It consists of millions of rocky objects that range in size from small pebbles to large asteroids.
What 2 planets have lots of asteroids?
The two locations in the solar system where most asteroids hang out are the Asteroid Belt (what a surprise!) between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and the Kuiper belt, which lies outside the orbit of the outer planets of the solar system. The locations are probably best understood by looking at pictorial presentations, and the really interested person would find them on the sites located in the related links, below.
Where would you find the solar system?
in space
Would you expect to find many or few craters on Venus why?
Little craters because Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, so any comets or asteroids would burn up because of the heat or in the thick atmosphere.
Between which two planets is the famous asteroid belt of our solar system located?
Jupiter and MarsMost of the asteroids within our solar system can be found within the Asteroid Belt. Located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the Asteroid Belt consists of millions of individual asteroids of varying sizes - from a speck of dust to hundreds of kilometers in diameter. The largest object within the belt is a dwarf planet - Ceres - which has a mass of 9.47x1020kg and a diameter of 476.2km.
