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What does an asteroid do in life?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

An asteroid is a rock. It doesn't "do" anything. Specifically, it is a FALLING rock, drifting through space under the influence of gravity.

Asteroids are too small to have any atmosphere, and to the best of our knowledge to not harbor "life as we know it".

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