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What is a small lump of rock or metal that moves around the sun mainly between mars and Jupiter?

An asteroid


What is a painful lump on the upper thigh?

The most common cause is a deep bruise or "charley horse" (what doctors call an ecchymosis). It usually heals within a week or two, often feeling a little better each day. If it is a smaller lump, it is very possible that this could be an infected cyst or abscess, just below the skin. If this is not the case, and the lump persists, unchanged, for days and/or weeks, then it would be important to have this situation evaluated by a physician.


What is the meaning if you have lump in your foot?

A lump in your foot could be soft tissue swelling, a bony problem or a skin problem.


Does the lump have to be on the anus to be concerned?

It could be a polyp, anal skin tag or a pile lump. It needs to be checked by your Doctor.


Is Pluto considered a planet by scientist?

No. Pluto was reclassified as a "dwarf planet" because it's a tiny ball of ice and rock significantly smaller than the Moon, gravitationally bound to Neptune, and it really makes no sense to lump it in with bodies like Jupiter and Saturn.It's really a historical accident that Pluto was ever considered a planet in the first place. People were looking for a planet to explain certain things about Neptune's orbit... it didn't seem to be moving quite right, but a planet outside Neptune's orbit about the mass of Earth would have made the calculations come out right. By sheer luck (good or bad, depending on your opinion), Pluto happened to be about where people were looking for this "Planet X".The more we found out about Pluto, the more it didn't seem to fit the equations. Measurements of its size and mass kept coming up short, and estimations changed from "about the size of Earth" to "about the size of Mars" to "about the size of Mercury" to "maybe around the size of the Moon" to "dang, this thing is tiny."Meanwhile, more careful measurements of Neptune's orbit showed that it didn't need any extra mass out there after all, it was orbiting precisely as predicted by theory.

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What is a large lump of rock orbiting around the earth called?

The large lump of rock orbiting around the earth is called the moon


What would a lump be or what would you call it?

an unidentifiable substance forming a lump. I would call it a.......lump.


How is a moon different from a star?

Simply put, the sun, our sun, is a great big ball of burning gas. The moon on the other hand is a large cold lump of rock that is orbiting the earth. The moon revolves around the earth and the earth revolves around the sun. A moon is a hunk of rock and dust orbiting a planet. Planets orbit their star, which is a giant ball of gas and thermonuclear fire. A Sun is a huge object that fuses Hydrogen to make vast amounts of energy. The Moon is a ball of rock, much smaller in comparison.


Description of a comet?

a large lump of rock that is heading for a planet


Your puppy had his 3rd distemper booster there is a lump on his back you believe it to be around the area of the shot. what should i do?

Call your vet immediately and report it. It could be a serious reaction.


You have a lump in your stomach that moves around what is it?

babby


What is a group of planets that orbit a star?

Personally I'd call anything that is large enough to rotate around the Sun is a planet. However, that causes "loads" of problems, orbits and mass etc. If that criteria was used we'd have hundreds/thousands of planets and sooo many problems. The current criteria makes sense and should be used. It matters not if an "object" in space is a planet, dwarf, asteroid or comet - it's nothing more than a "lump" of something orbiting the Sun.


What is a small lump of Gold called?

Here in Alaska, we call them nuggets.


If your 14 and have recently found a lump under your right armpit. and lastnight you found a smaller lump also. what should you do?

call the doctor!??? might just be glands?


What are the advantages and disadvantages of lump sum?

the advantage is that you get to walk around with a lump and the diavantages is that some people might think you have cancer or a tumour.


Would it help if you pit ice on your dimple piercing if you have a lump around it?

NO. It'd help if you went to a piercing shop and asked them what was wrong with your piercing. The lump around it could be a sac of infection.


What are the Advantages and disadvantages of Lump Sum Contract?

the advantage is that you get to walk around with a lump and the diavantages is that some people might think you have cancer or a tumour.