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Like all orbiting bodies, an asteroid moves in an ellipse. Compared to the planets, these orbits have a higher probability of being more eccentric ("stretched out", further from being a circle). That is why some asteroids cross the orbit of the earth. Most asteroids move in near-circular orbits between Mars and Jupiter. A close approach to another asteroid or one of these planets can alter the orbit to a more eccentric one.
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What are asteriods composed of?
Asteriods are composed of rock that broke off of other planets.
Is asteriods made of rocks?
Asteriods are made up of rocks, dust,and minerals that float in spaces atmosphere.
What is the temperature of an asteriods?
5121
What are Asteriods often called?
planetoids
How are asteriods different from comets?
asteriods and comets are different because when asteriods hit earth we are going to to have destroyed buildings and places on eath and comets are like particles in the galaxy and its when they destroy planets and make them into a different shape or sized in the galaxy.
What do asteriods look like?
Hunks of rock
How many asteriods are there in space?
hundreds of thousands
Were are asteriods located?
The asteroid belt which is between Jupiter and mars.
How do you put asteroid in a sentence?
If you ever been in space, there are many asteriods.
Which of the types of bodies in the solar system is most numerous?
Stars or asteriods
Do you have to include in your model of the solar system asteroids and stars?
No you do not need to include the asteriods and stars because asteriods move at a constant speed and you cant figure out where to put them in the right spot. Stars maybe easier or they ma not be.
Where did asteriods come from?
most asteroids come from between the mars and Jupiter belt.
