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atmospheres surface, most likely called a meteriod.
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What do meteoroids look like?
A meteoroid is a sometimes called a shooting star. It is smaller than an asteroid, and made up of chunks of rock and ice.
What is the name of the asteroid that had its own moon?
The first confirmed case of an asteroid orbiting another asteroid is the asteroid Ida which is orbited by a smaller asteroid orbiting it called Dactyl; other asteroid moons have been found since.
Chunk of material smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?
a meteroid or comet i think
Can nuclear weapons blow up an approaching asteroid?
They might very well. But you might then be left with hundreds or thousands of smaller objects that can still do damage over a larger area. It is not necessarily the solution depending on a lot of factors like the size and velocity of the original asteroid.
The closer a planet is to the sun?
No, a dwarf planet is smaller than a planet but bigger than an asteroid, and dwarf planets tend to be a long way out, like Pluto and Eris.
Is the largest asteroid larger or smaller than Pluto?
The largest asteroid is far smaller the Pluto. The largest asteroid in our solar system is Ceres, with a diameter of about 900 kilometers. Pluto has a diameter of about 2,300 kilometers.
What is the difference of a meteor and an asteroid?
An asteroid is a heavenly body which has its own orbit, between mars and jupiter, and revolve around the sun. It is made up of dust and rock. Meteor is also a heavenly body like asteroid but smaller than that.
What is smaller than an asteroid and orbits the sun?
That is called a meteorite. It is basically the same thing as an asteroid, but anything smaller than about 10 meters is called a meteorite.
Where was the last asteroid hit on earth?
There was one significant asteroid impact in 1908 - the Tunguska event. It is possible that smaller asteroids hit Earth after that. There was a smaller asteroid/meteor impact more recently - the Chelyabinsk event in 2013.
Is an asteroid bigger or smaller than the Earth?
Asteroids are much smaller than Earth.
Is Ida the biggest object in the asteroid belt?
No. The largest object in the asteroid belt is Ceres. Ida is much smaller.
Do asteroids travel in a group or by themselves?
Both they can move as an asteroid field or as a lone asteroid, they also can be broken up from larger asteroid to make several smaller ones
What is the name of the rock or dust smaller than an asteroid?
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Is an asteroid smaller than mars?
Asteroids can be different sizes, so they can be larger or smaller than Mars.
What do meteoroids look like?
A meteoroid is a sometimes called a shooting star. It is smaller than an asteroid, and made up of chunks of rock and ice.
What is a rock or metal that is smaller than an asteroid that orbits the sun?
Comet
If an asteroid collides with Earth is it therefore a meteorite?
It is called an asteroid if it has more than about 10 meters diameter. Smaller objects are called meteorites.
