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Because many valuable metals like platinum are dense so most of them have sunk into the molten center of the earth at some point during history leaving relatively small amounts in the crust. This cannot happen in an asteroid as there is nowhere for valuable metals to sink so they remain easily retrievable. That's why so many metals that are rare on earth are plentiful in asteroids, thus making them valuable.
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What are astriod mostly made of?
Typically, asteroids are silicates (rocks) and water (in the form of ice), which is pretty much the same stuff that comets are made of, except that the big, beautiful comets are mostly water, and the asteroids are mostly rock. Asteroids may also have some metals and someday these may be commercially valuable.
Why cant you live on asteroids?
Asteroids have very little gravity, no atmosphere, and no protection from solar radiation. So they cannot support life.
Most asteroids orbit the sun in the?
Actually there are an place of Asteroids. Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars ASTEROID Belt. So why I capitalized the word ASTEROID on ASTEROID Belt. Because this Belt is full of Asteroids
What do comets and asteroids not have in common?
Comets are Comets and Asteroids are Asteroids
Asteroids relation to earth?
Scientist say that a large sum of asteroids did a big bang and the asteroids created the lava core in the center of the Earth, when the Earth spun the heat cooled down so that bits of rock and environment could form. So according to scientist asteroids created Earth. Basically he means that earth was made from rock
How might asteroids be valuable?
Asteroids contain valuable heavy metals such as palladium, gold, rhodium, platinum, iridium etc. Surveys have deduced that the asteroid 241 Germania could yield profits of up to $95 trillion, that's just one of 600,000 asteroids surveyed for composition.
What are astriod mostly made of?
Typically, asteroids are silicates (rocks) and water (in the form of ice), which is pretty much the same stuff that comets are made of, except that the big, beautiful comets are mostly water, and the asteroids are mostly rock. Asteroids may also have some metals and someday these may be commercially valuable.
What minerals is an asteroid made of?
Asteroids Minerals Asteroids are made of Rocks,Craters and other Asteroids So .... most sciientist bielieve they are remanings of planets not formed
How do you mine asteroids?
Presently we do not have the technology to do so.
What makes meteors so unique?
Meteors are pieces of asteroids or whole asteroids in the earths atmosphere only. Written By, Brainiocity
Why was Pluto decided to be a dwarf planet at last?
it's because that they were asteroids that was bigger then Pluto so it was hard to find out which is Pluto and which are the asteroids
Why cant you live on asteroids?
Asteroids have very little gravity, no atmosphere, and no protection from solar radiation. So they cannot support life.
What do comets and asteroids not have in common?
Comets are Comets and Asteroids are Asteroids
Most asteroids orbit the sun in the?
Actually there are an place of Asteroids. Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars ASTEROID Belt. So why I capitalized the word ASTEROID on ASTEROID Belt. Because this Belt is full of Asteroids
Did asteroids cause the mass extinction of dinosaurs?
I think so.
Are asteroids likely to hit earth?
i dont think so
What is so interesting about asteroids?
thay are part of our earth dumbo
