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Why are asteroids safe in circular orbits but insafe in elleptical ones?
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Asteroids are safer in a circular orbit than an elliptical orbit because being in an elliptical orbit causes them to tumble in an erratic manner. Larger asteroids are sometimes referred to as planetoids.
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How is the orbit of asteroids compare to the orbits of planets?
Comets have sharply turning, elliptical, oval-like orbits, as opposed to the rounder, more circular shape of a planet's orbit
The Trojan asteroids have orbits that?
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What are facts about Apollo asteroids?
Apollo asteroids have elliptical orbits that cross Earth's orbit
What is the difference between moon and asteroids?
An asteroid is a piece of moon that orbits the sun and a moon is a giant rock sphere that orbits earth
Why the planets not colliding each other?
The planets in the solar system are in well-spaced out, stable, roughly circular orbits - they don't come close enough to collide with each other. Asteroids and comets, however, are on more elliptical, unstable orbits that often cross the orbits of the planets, and sometimes planets collide with asteroids and comets.
How is the orbit of asteroids compare to the orbits of planets?
Comets have sharply turning, elliptical, oval-like orbits, as opposed to the rounder, more circular shape of a planet's orbit
What are the rock objects called that crisscross the orbits of the planets?
They are still called asteroids. But some refer to them as "rogue" asteroids, or "asteroids in irregular orbits".
What are small planets with orbits between mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids
Do asteroids have orbits?
maybe
Small rocky bodies that orbit the sun in nearly circular orbits are called?
white dwarfs i found it on page 246. ay papi.
The Trojan asteroids have orbits that?
fu
Do asteroids have elliptical orbits?
maybe
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.
What are facts about Apollo asteroids?
Apollo asteroids have elliptical orbits that cross Earth's orbit
How are moon and asteroids alike and different?
Both asteroids and moons can be rocky. An asteroid orbits the Sun while a moon orbits a planet. Mars has two moons (Deimos and Phobos) that are most likely former asteroids.
Which planet is closest to a region of asteroids?
Orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter are closest to the region of asteroids.
Do meteorites asteroids and comets travel in their own orbits?
no.....
