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Where do scientists think the asteroid or comet hit the Earth?
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Some scientists think that a gigantic asteroid may have hit the Earth where the Gulf of Mexico now is, leading to the extintion of the dinosaurs and many other forms of life because of the global cooling created by the dirt and dust thrown into the atmosphere. Other scientists do not agree with this hypothesis and believe the Gulf of Mexico was formed by the drifting apart of the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates.
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In 1801 astronomers discovered an asteroid between the orbits of mars and Jupiter What did they think it was?
It was believed to be at the time the 1770 comet.
What do you think would happen if the planets did not have their own orbits?
they would probably collide with a comet, asteroid, the Sun, or another planet.
Why do you think scientist have not named all of the asteroids in the asteroid belt?
Scientists may not have named all of the asteroids in the asteroid belt because there are so many that they are hard to keep track of.
What is the difference between an asteroid and meteroid?
An asteroid is a rocky object in space that's not as big as a planet and isn't a moon. There are millions of them, think the asteroid belt in space. A meteor is an asteroid that burns up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere, think shooting stars. A meteorite is a meteor that actually lands on the surface of Earth, think about Russia today. As for a meteoroid? No one really knows. They're just kind of like smaller asteroids.
Why do scientists think Mars was once like the Earth?
yes
Does an asteroid contribute to extinction?
I believe it does. Scientists think that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs.
Do you think dinosaurs died in the impact of an asteroid or Comet?
I think they died due to the ice age.
What are two differences between comet and an asteroid?
comet is a ball of dirty ice or in other words made of dirty ice and asteroid is a i think a ball of rock or dirt clustered together
Chunk of material smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?
a meteroid or comet i think
Is a comet round?
Comets are kind of round. They are like asteroid like bodies. Think about how they look
In 1801 astronomers discovered an asteroid between the orbits of mars and Jupiter What did they think it was?
It was believed to be at the time the 1770 comet.
What do you think would happen if the planets did not have their own orbits?
they would probably collide with a comet, asteroid, the Sun, or another planet.
What do you think will happen if a big comet were to hit earth?
it could be the end of the earth
Why do you think an asteroid crashed into earth?
Because it was headed towards earth. It was bound to happen.
Why are there no dinosaurs any more?
Some scientists think that a big asteroid hit the Earth, a volcano erupted lots of poisonous lava on the dinosaurs, there was a big earthquake or because the weather was very cold.
What part of speech is the word asteroid?
Some people think the dinosaurs died when an asteroid hit the earth.
When an asteroid crosses from near the earth the orbit of the earth increases by 50 km why and how?
i think it has somthin 2 do with gravitational pull as the asteroid passes by the earth it pulls the eath slightly along with its gravity.
