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Can asteroids be planets?
Technically yes. [See related question] However, there are no known asteroids classified as planets. The closest would be Ceres, a dwarf planet. [See related question]
When would Earth experience a meteor shower?
Well at the moment, we don't know. But the reason we don't often see asteroids around earth, is because Jupiter is help us by sucking in most of the asteroids.
Which of these are icy objects comets meteoroids or asteroids?
Usually comets are icy as that is why you see the icy trail, but asteroids can be icy too.
What sites will you see on the way from Earth to Uranus?
asteroids and comets!
What planet has an asteroid?
The Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars have many asteroids - they are contained in a belt called the Apollo Asteroids [See related question]
Does sun have asteroids?
No the sun does not have asteroids because by the time the asteroid got away from the sun there would be nothing left of it.
Why do cosmologists calculate these asteroids orbits and compare such orbits with the earth's orbit?
Mainly to see if the asteroids are going to pose a collision danger with regards to the Earth.
If all the asteroids in the asteroid belt were combined would they be smaller then the moon?
No, the total mass of all the asteroids in the asteroid belt is estimated to be less than 4% of the mass of the Moon. Even if all the asteroids were combined, they would still be much smaller than the Moon.
Why we cant see asteroids without telescope?
They are relatively small and far away.
Are shooting stars asteroids?
Sometimes. We call them "asteroids" when we see them floating in space. Occasionally, one of them (or a piece of one) will collide with the Earth's atmosphere, and it will burn up as a meteor.
Where would you find an asteroids belt?
Between mars and Jupiter
What would you see in the solar system other than the planets?
The Sun; planets; moons; dwarf planets; asteroids; meteoroids; interplanetary dust and gas; comets; solar wind...
