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What is the number of known asteroids?
Not sure about ateroids. If you means asteroids, the Minor Planets Centre, the organisation responsible for collecting observational data for such objects, there was enough information for over 600,000 asteroids for them to have a formal designation - a number.
What are the differences between differentiated and undifferentiated asteroids?
asteroids which have some kind of difference are known as differentiated asteroids and vice versa
What is the distance between asteroid Belt and the sun?
This is known as the Asteroid belt. Its mainly smaller bodies, but there are a few big asteroids in there also. The biggest object there is known as Ceres. Its about 1000km in diameter, and now classed as a dwarf planet.
Asteroids are also known as...?
planetoids.
Most asteroids in your solar system travel in a belt between which planets?
Most 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.
Can asteroids be planets?
Technically yes. [See related question] However, there are no known asteroids classified as planets. The closest would be Ceres, a dwarf planet. [See related question]
What is the number of known asteroids?
Not sure about ateroids. If you means asteroids, the Minor Planets Centre, the organisation responsible for collecting observational data for such objects, there was enough information for over 600,000 asteroids for them to have a formal designation - a number.
Which asteroids and comets are on Mercury?
There are no known asteroids or comets that have impacted Mercury.
how many total asteroids are there (asteroid belt AND kuiper belt) (also including rogue asteroids that arent in those asteroid belts)?
The total number of asteroids in the solar system is not known with certainty, as many asteroids are small and difficult to detect, and new asteroids are constantly being discovered. However, astronomers estimate that there are millions of asteroids in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and potentially trillions of objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune. In addition, there are also a number of asteroids that do not reside in either the asteroid belt or Kuiper Belt, but instead follow their own unique orbits. These objects are sometimes referred to as "rogue asteroids," and their exact number is not known. Overall, while the exact number of asteroids in the solar system is uncertain, it is clear that there are many millions, if not trillions, of these small rocky bodies orbiting the sun.
What is the distance between asteroid Belt and the sun?
This is known as the Asteroid belt. Its mainly smaller bodies, but there are a few big asteroids in there also. The biggest object there is known as Ceres. Its about 1000km in diameter, and now classed as a dwarf planet.
What are the differences between differentiated and undifferentiated asteroids?
asteroids which have some kind of difference are known as differentiated asteroids and vice versa
What are the group of asteroids that may occasionally cross earth?
Asteroids that occasionally cross the orbit of Earth are known as Near Earth Asteroids. Asteroids that both cross the orbit of the Earth and are large enough to pose a significant threat in the event of an impact are known as Potentially Hazardous Asteroids.
Asteroids are also known as...?
planetoids.
What is the aeteriod belts diameter?
The majority of asteroids (majority meaning "more than half") of the asteroids are in a poorly-defined area known as the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. That's about - and I really do mean "ABOUT" - 2AU to 4AU from the Sun. If over half of the asteroids are in the asteroid belt, that still leaves a large number of asteroids that are NOT in the asteroid belt, and in fact, asteroids are found almost anywhere in the solar system. And in fact, the month doesn't go by that we don't discover new asteroids just passing VERY close to the Earth. There was one last week (as I write this in July, 2012) that passed within 20,000 miles of the Earth; as close as the geosynchronous orbit satellites!
What is the formula to find diameter of circle when the circumference is known?
The number pi can be defined as: pi = circumference / diameter. Solving for diameter: diameter = circumference / pi. Pi is approximately 3.14.
Are asteroids known as minor planets?
Yes.
Most asteroids in your solar system travel in a belt between which planets?
Most 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.
