The objects in the asteroid belts that are contained within the Solar System affect life on Earth today. These asteroid belts are the main asteroid belt and‚ the Kuiper Belt. Since these belts contain so many objects‚ there is diversity present within the objects. The asteroid belts consist of many categories of asteroids‚ the sizes of which‚ can vary greatly‚ ranging from a few meters to miles long. However‚ the mass of all discovered asteroids is still less than Earth’s mass. This is logical since
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The Asteroid Belt‚ also known as the Main Belt‚ is made of many asteroids found in the solar system. The process of discovering the Asteroid Belt began in the late 1700’s after Bode’s Law was found. Bode’s Law consists of a numerical equation that helped astronomers locate each planet according to a specific sequence (Chavis‚ 2010). This equation led to the discovery of a gap between Mars and Jupiter where another planet should be located‚ but isn’t. Guiseppe Piazzi discovered the asteroid but thought
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Asteroid studies are important in the exploration of space‚ but do we have the funds for it? We do have the funds for asteroid studies‚ but we use them for other things like social security and Medicare. The asteroid study funds could also be put into finding new alternative resources if we don’t want to damage the earth more than we already have or to just use the things on other planets for fuel sources‚ metals that earth is low on‚ and new chemicals to better our scientist’s studies. The funds
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In Walter Alvarez’s article‚ “Asteroid and Dinosaurs”‚ his original goal was to research more in depth about plate tectonics. Sadly‚ his research was sidelined because of his intriguing observations of the KT boundary. When Geologist make original discoveries‚ they go about researching by highlighting the aspects of the nature of science. For example‚ they test hypotheses about events that happened long ago‚ they rely on communication‚ a lot of evidence‚ and collaboration. Eventually they end up
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Asteroids vs. Comets Spacecrafts have retrieved extraordinarily valuable information that has furthered the human race’s knowledge of what exists in outer space. However‚ spacecrafts and shuttles are extremely expensive to build and launch into space so they should be well taken care of. Sending a spacecraft to an asteroid is far better and safer than sending a spacecraft to a comet for quite a few different reasons. First‚ an asteroid is made up of less materials than a comet. Next‚ comets
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solar energy to survive in our city‚ and if an asteroid hits‚ anything is possible. “Bye!” Cory is always home as fast as possible to read and do his homework. Though always late for school‚ his grades are near perfect. I pull up my bike and I shut the door with more force than expected. “Hey Mom.” Must be in her VR room I decide. I bounce downstairs‚ and open the soundproof door with my house pass card. “Mom‚” I call out‚ “Did you hear about the asteroid hitting our city?” Mom takes off her VR set
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enough to make a wish before the phenomenon vanishes‚ it is said that the wish will come true. But what exactly is a meteorite? Meteorites are pieces of natural materials made out of iron or rocks that fall into the earth. Most come from the asteroid belt between the planets Mars and Jupiter. Some are fragments of other planets. These “rocks” are predominantly composed of iron or nickel. They are thought to be remnants of our old Solar System‚ which drift in space until they collide or drift
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The question is should NASA fund asteroid studies? I think they should fund the asteroid studies because it could help us move to other places‚ it could save lives by building inventions that capture the asteroids‚ along with us trying to see if they have valuable resources. I believe it could help with protection‚ lifestyles and resources. The reasoning for these things is to help us out incase we try to move to a different places in our solar systems such as Mars. We could also try to build stuff
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was an asteroid strike which caused the explosion. According to the reading passage‚ the fact that no rocks or material from an asteroid have been found and nobody witnesses an asteroid streaking across the sky means that there is no evidence of an asteroid strike. However‚ the lecturer claims that people saw the bright in the sky which could have been an entering of asteroid into the atmosphere. Moreover‚ there were huge explosion and great wind which looked like an aftereffect of an asteroid strike
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laws‚ and Kepler’s Laws would come into play here. The orbits of asteroids are the result of a perfect balance between the forward motion and the pull of gravity on it from the sun. The asteroid will continue moving forward‚ and will keep wanting to move forward‚ but the gravity of the larger mass- in this case‚ the sun‚ keeps pulling the asteroid toward itself and it stays in an orbit- or the Asteroid belt. 6. No..if the asteroid orbiting the Sun were moving at a constant speed‚ than it
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