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Asteroids can become moons through a process called capture, where a larger celestial body, like a planet, gravitationally attracts the asteroid, pulling it into orbit. This can occur when an asteroid passes close to a planet, losing some of its kinetic energy through gravitational interactions. Over time, if the conditions are right, the asteroid can become stable in orbit around the planet, effectively becoming a moon. This process can also involve collisions or interactions with other celestial bodies that alter the asteroid's trajectory.
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Where is dactyl located?
Dactyl is a moon of the asteroid Ida located in the asteroid belt.
Is the the moon part of the earth or an asteroid?
Theory suggests that it is a remnant of a large asteroid that struck the Earth
Why do asteroids hit the moon?
Asteroids hit the moon because the moon lacks a protective atmosphere like Earth's that can burn up or break apart incoming objects. Over time, the moon's surface has been bombarded by asteroid impacts due to the lack of atmospheric protection.
What is smallest to largest Asteroids universe planet moon solar stem?
Asteroid, moon, planets, solar system, universe
What is the people on the asteroid belt?
The crab people currently inhabit the asteroid belt. The furthest from Earth that humans have reached is the Moon which is a tiny fraction of the distance to the asteroid belt.
What was Phobos before it became a moon?
It is believed that Phobos was most likely a captured asteroid.
Can asteroids become moons?
No. An asteroid can get captured by an asteroid and become a moon, but not the moon. Our moon is too large to be considered an asteroid.
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.
Is the Moon's on the asteroid belt?
Our moon is not in the asteroid belt. No planet's moon is in the asteroid belt or it would not be a moon.
What is within moon?
asteroid
Is Ida a moon?
No, its an asteroid but it has a moon called Dactyl
Where is dactyl located?
Dactyl is a moon of the asteroid Ida located in the asteroid belt.
What is the name of the asteroid that has its own moon?
The asteroid with its own moon is named 243 Ida. Its moon is called Dactyl, discovered by the Galileo spacecraft in 1993.
Is the the moon part of the earth or an asteroid?
Theory suggests that it is a remnant of a large asteroid that struck the Earth
Will the moon be destroy if an asteroid hit it?
No. The moon is large enough that even a collision with the solar system's largest asteroid would not destroy it.
Was the moon always in the earths orbit?
Many scientists do not believe so.Back when the Earth was cooling down and becoming a solid mass without scorching lava and burning temperatures, an asteroid was thought to hit the premature Earth. The asteroid became part of the Earth, and the material that was ejected from Earth formed its own mass, the Moon. The Moon became a mass and started orbiting the Earth, since the ejected material was not very far away from Earth.Thus, in Earth's early days, it did not have a moon.
What moon is antiope?
It isn't a moon; 90 Antiope is a double asteroid.
