- as the main
asteroid belt. The
total m**** of all the
asteroids combined is only 3% that of Earth's Moon. The
majority of main belt
asteroids follow slightly...
- has
shown that the
asteroid belt has
between 700,000 and 1.7 million
asteroids with a
diameter of 1 km or more. The
number of
asteroids in the main belt...
- The
Apollo asteroids are a
group of near-Earth
asteroids named after 1862 Apollo,
discovered by
German astronomer Karl
Reinmuth in the 1930s. They are...
-
known PHOs and NEOs are
asteroids, but
about a
third of a
percent are comets.
There are over 37,000
known near-Earth
asteroids (NEAs) and over 120 known...
- saucers' counter-fire. The game
becomes harder as the
number of
asteroids increases.
Asteroids was
conceived during a
meeting between Logg and Rains, who decided...
- S-type (stony-type or silicaceous-type)
asteroids are
asteroids with a
spectral type that is
indicative of a
siliceous (i.e. stony)
mineralogical composition...
- order, see List of
minor planets.
Asteroids are
given minor planet numbers, but not all
minor planets are
asteroids.
Minor planet numbers are also given...
-
Asteroid mining is the
hypothetical extraction of
materials from
asteroids and
other minor planets,
including near-Earth objects.
Notable asteroid mining...
- "potentially hazardous"
asteroids can
evolve to live up to
their namesake. Most of
these objects are
potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs), and a few are...
- next 100 years. C-type
asteroids are
about 75% of the
asteroid po****tion, S-type
asteroids are
about 17%, and M-type
asteroids (iron–nickel) are about...
