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• Asteroids are balls of rock a few feet to several miles in diameter.
• The are not large enough to be considered planets.• . • The total mass of all asteroids are less than the mass of
the moon.• Thousands are discovered, but only 26 known asteroids
are 200km in diameter.
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• The largest asteroid by far is 1 Ceres.
• It is 974 km in diameter and contains about 25% of the mass of all the asteroids combined.
• The next largest are 2 Pallas, 4 Vesta and 10 Hygiea which are between 400 and 525 km in diameter.
• All other known asteroids are less than 340 km across.
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• This asteroid almost hit Earth when Italian astronomers were ready to catch it on film.
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• Most asteroids orbit a belt between Jupiter and Saturn.
• The belt contains hundreds of thousands of asteroids ranging from different sizes
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• Asteroids are sometimes metallic and come in three different forms.
• There are classified as c-type, s-type, and m-type.
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• More than 75% of asteroids are classified as c-type, or carbonaceous.
• M-type, or metallic are made up of metallic iron.
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• S-type, or siliceous asteroids make up about 17% of all asteroids.
• Asteroids are measured by units of measure that record the amount of light they reflect. These are known as albedos.
• They range from 0-1, 1 being the brightest.
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• Comets and asteroids have similarities and differences.
• Asteroids are usually made of only rock or iron.
• Comets have more of a chemical makeup.
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• If comets are heated up, they will vaporize.• Like asteroids, comets have no
atmosphere.• Comets however are more egg shaped,
where as asteroids can be some irregular shapes.
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• A cool way to tell comets and asteroids is that when a comet passes by, it looks fuzzier than an asteroid when your using an asteroid.