Asteroids

The asteroid belt in our galaxy is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This region is known as the Main Asteroid Belt and contains a large number of rocky bodies of various sizes orbiting the Sun.

An asteroid hits a planet when its trajectory brings it into the gravitational field of the planet, causing it to be pulled towards the planet's surface. The impact occurs when the asteroid collides with the planet's atmosphere and surface due to the planet's gravitational pull.

No, asteroids and comets are classified based on their characteristics and composition. Asteroids are rocky and metallic bodies that orbit the Sun, while comets are icy bodies that develop a fuzzy atmosphere and tail when they get close to the Sun. While some objects can exhibit characteristics of both, they are still considered either an asteroid or a comet based on their main features.

The Asteroid Belt is between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. "Asteroid" means "star-like object," and that is what they appear like when viewed through a telescope. But of course, they are not anything like stars. "Minor Planet" is the more appropriate alternate name, as they do orbit the sun, much like the other planets. They vary in size from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers. Ceres, the largest minor planet, and the first to be discovered (by Giuseppe Piazzi, in 1801), is spherical and 940 km in diameter. Smaller minor planets are irregular in shape. Here is a list of the 20 largest minor planets (The first number shows the order in which they were discovered)

Yes, a meteoroid is a small rock or metal fragment that has broken off from a larger asteroid or other interplanetary material. When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up, it creates a streak of light known as a meteor.

The asteroid movement is like comets, as they c0ome closer to the sun, the speed of their revolution increases and the gravitational pull also adds up.

The scale of damage potentially caused by an asteroid or comet impacting Earth is known as the Torino Scale. It is used to communicate the potential threat level of near-Earth objects (NEOs) impacting our planet.

Definitely not the Discovery Channel as some have said. It's probably a cool graphic animation school project or something not a scientific simulation. Riddled with errors from the opening scene of an asteroid that seems have a lava covered crust to the grammatical errors on the last scene it is completely false.

It contains lumps of rock and metal much smaller than planets. These lumps are called asteroids or minor planets. They are not visible from Earth with the naked eye, but many may be seen through binoculars or small telescopes

No, the total mass of all chemical reactions remains constant and is equal to the total mass of the reactants. This is known as the principle of conservation of mass in chemistry. Any perceived changes in mass during a chemical reaction are due to the rearrangement of atoms, not a loss or gain of mass.

The second asteroid named after Elicott Douglass is 6052 Icarion.

Stone meteorites are formed from the solidification of molten rock within asteroids. Iron meteorites are likely remnants of the metallic cores of differentiated asteroids. Carbonaceous chondrite asteroids are primitive bodies that have preserved materials from the early solar system due to minimal heating and alteration processes.

The asteroid belt is a region of space between Mars and Jupiter that contains numerous small rocky bodies called asteroids. It is located in our solar system, orbiting the Sun at a distance ranging from about 2.1 to 3.3 astronomical units (AU) from Earth.

Well ceres is actually made of iron and metal and nickel that is what most asteroids are made of

One theory is that the gravitational influence of Jupiter prevented the asteroids in the asteroid belt from merging to form a planet. Jupiter's strong gravitational pull disrupted the formation process by stirring up the asteroids' orbits, making it difficult for them to coalesce into a larger body. Additionally, the asteroids in the asteroid belt may have had too much relative velocity to effectively merge.

The asteroid belt is sometimes referred to as the "main belt," while the Kuiper belt is also known as the "Edgeworth-Kuiper belt."

It is currently not feasible for humans to destroy an asteroid using existing technology. However, there are theoretical concepts being developed for potential asteroid deflection strategies in the future.

yes, as when they come into the earth spulphirical gravitationally crust it comes through our atmosphere's, and reducing the speed even sending it off course, but it still has a large impact due to the velocity and heat extracted at impact creating allot of damage depending on the shape and size.

The asteroids that travel in orbits that take them ahead of Jupiter are called "Trojan asteroids." They are located in two groups, known as the Greek camp and the Trojan camp, positioned along Jupiter's orbit around the sun. These asteroids have stable orbits because they are in gravitational equilibrium with Jupiter and the sun.

Meteorites were originally asteroids or fragments of other celestial bodies that were orbiting in space. When they collided with other objects or were influenced by gravitational forces, they were knocked out of their orbit and eventually fell to Earth's surface as meteorites.

Yes, but it will only fall upon the rivers and fountains of waters, according to the word of God, in Revelation 8 verse 10 it says that the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountain of waters. verse 11 says, and the name of the star is called wormwood, and the third part of the water became wormwood and many men died of the waters because they were made bitter. This means the water will taste fine but it will be poisoned by God the creator of every thing on the earth

to fulfill his prophecy.

No, the Oort Cloud is a spherical region of icy objects that lies far beyond the orbit of Neptune, extending out to about halfway to the nearest star. It is not located between Mars and Jupiter, which is where the asteroid belt is found.

Millions of meteors (Shooting stars) [See related question] enter Earths atmosphere everyday. So the odds of one entering Earths atmosphere in 2036 is 100%.

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Well in Ripleys believe it or not, they say a meteor will hit, but don't be to cautious about it because there's no reason to. It's just a load of junk, so don't believe it, please.

No, the International Space Station has not been hit by any asteroids. The station is equipped with shielding and tracking systems to help avoid potential collisions with space debris or asteroids. Additionally, precautions are taken to maneuver the station if a potential threat is detected.

There is no scientific evidence to support the existence of Planet Nibiru. If Nibiru were real, one potential way to stop its approach towards Earth without causing harm to its inhabitants would be to use advanced technology to alter Nibiru's trajectory or gravitational force. However, this scenario remains purely hypothetical.