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Asteroids

Asteroids, or planetoids, are rocks larger than meteorites but smaller than planets that orbit around the Sun.

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What planets is the famous asteroid belt between?

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

What are 2 examples of meteorites?

Here are three: Iron, Stony, and Stony-iron, referring to their composition. They come in all sizes and come in at all speeds.

Is a asteroid a bunch of rock?

Many of them are, yes. However, some asteroids are composed largely of iron.

What do the Israelite beliefs say about asteroids comets meteorites and meteoroids?

I think what you are looking for is Genesis 1... The events of the 4th day:

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Is Titan an asteroid?

No. Titan is Saturn's largest moon. It is larger than the planet Mercury and would be considered a planet if it had its own orbit around the sun.

Are Asteroids made up of dust and ice.?

Actually generally speaking Asteroids are heavily composed of high density rock. Dust and Ice are generally the properties of a Comet mostly because they aren't formed near the sun.

What lack of evidence weakens the theory of an asteroid?

A lack of evidence would weaken any theory. But the well known asteroids have well defined orbits.

Is there an asteroid set to collide with earth?

Yes there are multiple, but none are likely to hit in our lifetime. But there is a small chance of one hitting us. But its not like one of those doomsday things when its almost as big as earth. It would be devastating though.

Do moons and asteroids orbit the sun?

Asteroids orbit the sun. Moons orbit planets and planets orbit the sun. So you could say the moons orbit the sun. However, moons are kept in their orbits by the gravity of their planet and planets are kept in orbit by the gravity of the sun. So in that sense, moons do not orbit the sun.

How big is the the largest asteroid?

Until 2006, Ceres was the largest asteroid, with a diameter of roughly 600 miles. And it was as spherical as any of the planets. Now it has joined the "dwarf planet" group. So with Ceres' "promotion", that leaves either Vesta or Pall-as as the largest of the asteroids. Both are a bit over 300 miles in diameter. And both are definitely on the irregular side.

How old is star cluster?

1000000000 to 10000000000000000000000000000000000

What effect did the 65 million BC asteroid have on earth?

The sun was blocked out by vast amounts of ash. This stopped plants from growing and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

If an asteroid or comet were on a collision course for earth what factors would determine how dangerous the collision might be for your community?

The size, speed, location and angle of impact of the object with the Earth. A major factor would be if the impact is on water or land.

Asteroid's revolve around earth in an area known as the asteroid belt?

True... the asteroid belt can be found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Why transistor burns?

If inceres the base voltage of transistor them it may be burn . The base volt may be 0.8v to 1.8 If it use as a amplifier

What significance does the date August 2027 have for asteroid 2015 TB145 and Earth?

August 2027 has no particular significance for that asteroid. In August 2027 an object called 1999 AN10 will pass close to Earth and be the biggest since 2015 TB145.

Are meteors fragments of asteroids?

Meteors can have more than one origin. They might be produced by collisions in the asteroid belt, they can also be fragments of comets, released when the comet is close to the sun and its ice is melting, or they could just be cosmic debris left over from the cloud of gas and dust from which the solar system originally condensed; it is not impossible that some meteors have even entered the solar system from interstellar space.

What is an asteroid sized object that is made of rock and frozen materials?

It is a meteor or meteorite depending on whether or not it has entered the Earth atmosphere.It can also be a comet if it is mostly or only frozen materials.

What is the result of a collision with a large object from space is often an impact?

You've definitely got that right ! There's no debating the fact

that the result of a collision is often an impact.

Will you be able to see asteroid November 8 2011?

Yes, people were able to see the asteroid passing by earth. However, you would have needed a telescope, as you were not able to see it with the naked eye.