Asteroids

The impact of asteroid Apophis, which is about 340 meters in diameter, would create a crater up to 5-6 kilometers in diameter if it were to hit Earth. The exact size would depend on various factors such as the asteroid's density, speed, and angle of impact.

It is the asteroid that hit the Earth 65 million years ago and contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

It impact crater is located in Chicxulub which is in the Yucatan peninsula, it is buried deep underground.

KT refers to the geological transition between the Cretaceous and the Tertiary periods. (Cretaceous in German starts with a K)

Current thinking is that the Asteroid Belt never constituted a single terrestrial body in the past; for whatever reason, there was not enough mass in the Belt for the matter there to accrete into a single body, as happened in the case of Earth or Mars, e.g.

The area of the crater can be calculated using the formula for the area of a circle: A = πr^2, where r is the radius. Given a radius of 85 km, the area of the crater would be approximately 22,665 square kilometers.

There is currently no known imminent threat of a significant meteorite or asteroid impact on Earth. Efforts are being made by scientists and space agencies to monitor and study near-Earth objects to prevent any potential collisions in the future.

A rock from space that hits Earth is called a meteorite. When it enters the Earth's atmosphere, it is known as a meteor or shooting star.

Yes, asteroids can be rough and irregular with many craters and boulders on their surface. Their surfaces are often described as "bumpy" due to the uneven distribution of material and the impacts they have endured over time.

Vesta - formally known as 4 Vesta.

It is an asteroid in the asteroid belt and was thought to be part of a protoplanet. (although the existence of any sort of planet existing, is under debate). It is the second largest object in the asteroid belt, after Ceres the dwarf planet [See related link].

Most of the asteroids in our Solar system are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It is referred to as the Asteroid belt. They are rocky remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.

Reflecting telescopes use mirrors to collect and focus light, while refracting telescopes use lenses. Reflecting telescopes are typically less affected by chromatic aberration, while refracting telescopes can be more prone to this issue. Reflecting telescopes are generally more cost-effective for larger apertures.

The asteroid belt mostly consists of a variety of rocky and metallic objects, rather than atmospheres like those found on planets. Any gases present tend to be in very low quantities, with studies suggesting the presence of water vapor, carbon dioxide, and trace amounts of other gases.

Most of the asteroids within our solar system can be found within the Asteroid Belt. Located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the Asteroid Belt consists of millions of individual asteroids of varying sizes - from a speck of dust to hundreds of kilometers in diameter. The largest object within the belt is a dwarf planet - Ceres - which has a mass of 9.47x1020kg and a diameter of 476.2km.

Yes, there is an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter called the Main Asteroid Belt. It is not located between Jupiter and Saturn.

The first president to have an asteroid named after him was George Washington. The asteroid "318" was named after him in 1890.

Asteroids are made mostly of rock and metal, and are remnants from the early solar system. Comets are made of ice, dust and rocky material, and originate in the outer regions of the solar system. These differences in composition are due to the location in which they formed and the processes they underwent during the formation of the solar system.

We don't know either. We see the planet with two dark stripes across it but we also see two stars?? on each side. It looks as though you could draw a straight line through the two stars, Venus and the two stars on the other side. I Have easily found that Venus doesn't have any moons but I can't find what these objects are.

An asteroid did NOT destroy the dinosaurs.

A flood did. Read the Bible. :)

The flood was the one who killed the dinosaurs, but Noah took small dinosaurs (e.g lizards, crocodiles).

Jupiter has hundreds of Trojan asteroids circling along its orbit. These Trojans are located in two groups ahead of and behind Jupiter in its orbit around the Sun.

anything that can cause a large disturbance in the ocean can cause a tsunami. however, it's unlikely that an asteroid would cause a tsunami for a couple of reasons :

1. asteroids usually burn up in the atmosphere anyway, and even if it makes it through, it's usually too tiny to cause a tusnami

2. tsunamis are especially devastating because it's not just a topical wave, the whol body of water moves, it's like a wall of moving water. Asteriods would have to enter the water @ just the right angle to create a tsunami

3. all in all, it could happen, but it's unlikely

In 1802, shortly after discovering Pallas, Heinrich Olbers suggested to William Herschel that Ceres and Pallas were fragments of a much larger planet that once occupied the Mars-Jupiter region, this planet having suffered an internal explosion or a cometary impact many million years before.

The asteroid belt is a doughnut-shaped concentration of asteroids orbiting the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, closer to the orbit of Mars. Most asteroids orbit from between 186 million to 370 million miles (300 million to 600 million km or 2 to 4 AU) from the Sun. The asteroids in the asteroid belt have a slightly elliptical orbit. The time for one revolution around the Sun varies from about three to six Earth years.

okay i think that they are the same because arnt comets the same as shoting stars and shoting stars are just asterids that came to close to the earth so i think that they are the same. but you might want to ask someone before using this information im only 13.

ok no! your way wrong soory bro.. comets have a tail... asteroids don't

comets are made up of mostly rock and ice...and asteroids of rock and metals.

and by the way, a shooting star is an meteor not and asteroid

Some may but they will be very weak as the asteroids are solid. Even planets like Mars and Mercury have only very weak magnetic fields because they are solid. The Earth has the strong magnetic field that it does only because it is large enough to be able to retain enough heat to keep part of its core molten.

Asteroids travel through space in orbits around the Sun due to a combination of their initial velocity and the gravitational pull of the Sun. They can also be influenced by gravitational forces from other celestial bodies, such as planets, which can alter their trajectories. Ultimately, asteroids move through space following the laws of celestial mechanics.

Asteroid: 99942 Apophis Movie: "Armageddon"