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Q: What substances are in an asteroid?
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Why does an asteroid not develop a tail when its closer to the sun?

Comets develop a tail as the sun's energy vaporizes substances such as ice and dry ice that form the comet. Asteroids lack these substances and so do not devlop tails.


Is there ice in an asteroid?

Asteroids can contain both ice and rock, and other substances. For example, Ceres, the largest object in our solar system's asteroid belt, contains 200 million cubic kilometers of water, which is more than the amount of fresh water on Earth.


What is asteroid mining?

Asteroids may be called minor planets in that they are like Earth or the other planets but much smaller. The idea of asteroid mining is that objects like these that are relatively close to Earth could be mined for substances that are either (a) becoming scarce here, or (b) would be useful or valuable in making journeys to more distant places. There's an article about asteroid mining on wikipedia.


Where is the biggest asteroid located?

The largest asteroid, Ceres, is in the asteroid belt.


Is the asteroid Ceres the largest asteroid?

That's right; Ceres is the largest asteroid.


Is a planetoid and asteroid or a comet?

asteroid


What is a sentence for the word asteroid?

The asteroid missed the Earth's atmosphere by inches.We will begin asteroid mining soon.


How might the occultation of a star by an asteroid tell us weather the asteroid has an atmosohere?

If there is an atmosphere, the light will gradually dim as the asteroid approaches the asteroid.


What lies between mars and jupiter-?

Main asteroid beltThe asteroid belt


What its the density of an asteroid?

The density of an asteroid differs.


What is the difference between an asteroid and an asteroid?

Nothing


What is massive asteroid?

a rather large asteroid