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- Asteroid - Wikipedia
An asteroid is a minor planet —an object larger than a meteoroid (thus 1 meter or larger) that is neither a planet nor an identified comet —that orbits within the inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids)
- Scientists find ‘record-breaking’ asteroid nearly the size of eight . . .
Scientists find ‘record-breaking’ asteroid nearly the size of eight football fields Is it close to Earth? The asteroid was discovered using data from the world’s largest camera
- Asteroid | Definition, Size, Facts | Britannica
asteroid, any of a host of small bodies, about 1,000 km (600 miles) or less in diameter, that orbit the Sun primarily between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in a nearly flat ring called the asteroid belt It is because of their small size and large numbers relative to the major planets that asteroids are also called minor planets The two designations have been used interchangeably, though the
- Asteroids - Science@NASA
Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4 6 billion years ago Most asteroids can be found orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt
- Asteroids: News, features and articles | Live Science
Discover the rocky objects orbiting our sun with the latest asteroid news, features and articles
- Clemson astrophysicists tell us about asteroids and whether we need to . . .
Asteroids can give scientists key insights into the formation of our solar system and the Milky Way They contain materials that predate the formation of our solar system Earlier this year, a “city killer” asteroid made major headlines for its slim chance of striking Earth in 2032
- How we track near-Earth asteroids - Astronomy Magazine
These are the planetary defenders who are on the hunt for the next big asteroid that could impact Earth — and how we might stop it
- Eyes on Asteroids - Home - NASA JPL
You are looking at a real-time visualization of every known asteroid or comet that is classified as a Near-Earth Object (NEO) With asteroids represented as blue points, and comets as white points, our database is updated daily to give you approximately 41,000 NEOs (and counting)
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