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What causes most of the asteroids to remain orbiting in the asterdoid belt?
Gravity and inertia. The rocks in the asteroid belt are in free fall, and orbit the Sun under the influence of gravity. Sometimes they collide, and the fragments are knocked into different orbits, and sometimes those new orbits cause the objects to leave the asteroid belt. Some astronomers believe that the asteroid that hit the Earth 65 million years ago came from the asteroid belt after a collision like this.
How far does the earth fall if someone falls 2 meters?
the earth doesnt fall.
What makes comet to fall on earth?
earth's gravity
What are astroids?
Many asteroids are in a loose distribution in orbit round the sun, (called the asteroid belt) some of them are in perturbed orbits due to them sometimes getting too close, some extremely so. Occasionally these,(sometimes not much more than odd bits of dust) intercept the earth's orbit just as the earth is passing by and fall to earth as "shooting stars". But if a really big one happened to get caught by the earth the result could be wide-scale destruction, and that would be called a rogue asteroid.
If a 10KM or larger asteroid hit the Earth would it be able to knock the the International Space Station out of its orbit?
It is unlikely that a 10km or larger asteroid impact would directly affect the International Space Station orbit, as the ISS is located in low Earth orbit, much closer to the Earth's surface than the impact site of such an asteroid. However, the impact could have secondary effects on Earth's atmosphere and environment that may indirectly impact the ISS.
Do asteroids fall to earth?
Yes, there was a asteroid storm a couple of weeks ago
How does an asteroid fall on earth ex. does the asteroid just go rolling until it reaches earth?
The Earth itself is in free-fall, falling around the Sun in its orbit. Asteroids behave the same way; they are falling in their orbits around the Sun. Sometimes, they collide, like cars on the freeway.
How is an asteroid dangerous?
it isnt because when it falls from earth itll just fall like a pebble falling from the ground
Is a burning star going to fall on earth which is bigger than earth?
there are burning stars bigger than earth but they will not fall on earth
When Windows 8 going to be live?
in Fall 2012.
What force allows asteroids to fall from orbit and hit Earth's surface?
The asteroids that strike earth's surface do not fall from orbit. Asteroids have fairly small masses, so their orbits are easily altered by interactions with other objects. Sometimes the orbit of an asteroid is changed such that its orbit intersects Earth's orbit. If the timing works out so that the asteroid reaches the point of interestion at the same time as Earth does, then a collision will result.
Why do asteroid fall to earth and other plantets?
They may happen to cross Earth's orbit, and just crash into it. The gravity of the planets can also help increase the likelihood of a collision.
When is skylanders giants coming out?
it is going to be coming out fall of 2012
What falls to the earth as dust a Meteoroid Asteroid or Comet?
Meteoroids definitely fall to Earth as dust or small stones. To the best of our knowledge, no asteroid or comet has fallen to Earth within recorded history. But as large as they are, it's likely that a lot more than dust would survive a trip through the atmosphere by either of them.
When is the movie National Treasure 3 going to be on DVD?
Fall 2012
Is asteroid a noun?
Yes, asteroid is a noun. A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea, making an asteroid fall into that category. It is a thing, making it a noun. To conclude, asteroid is a noun.
If an asteroid impact were to stop the Earth from rotating how big would that asteroid need to be?
size doesn't matter its the angle and speed of the asteroid that it is at, plus if that did happen the earth would either drift off into space and eventually get back into a orbit because of the suns gravity or explodes and everything would just flip, roll over, fall how ever you wanna put it. plus its nearly impossible for a asteroid to do that it would probably do what i said in the second sentence.
