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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)
- 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 Hundreds of thousands of asteroids are known
- 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
- Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovers enormous, record-breaking asteroid . . .
In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C Rubin Observatory has discovered an enormous, fast-spinning asteroid that sets a new record
- Rubin Observatory spots an asteroid with a record-setting spin – GeekWire
Astronomers say the Vera C Rubin Observatory has detected an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size
- Newly discovered asteroid spins at record-breaking speed - Yahoo
A crop of asteroids discovered by the new Vera C Rubin Observatory is wowing astronomers, with one of the space rocks spinning at a record-breaking speed Among the nearly 2,000 asteroids
- 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)
- 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
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