Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Approximately one-third of the asteroids in the asteroid belt are members of an asteroid family. These share similar orbital elements, such as semi-major axis, eccentricity, and orbital inclination as well as similar spectral features, which indicate a common origin in the breakup of a larger body. Graphical displays of these element pairs, for ...
[16] [17] [18] An astronomical unit, or AU, is the distance from Earth to the Sun, which is approximately 150 billion meters (93 million miles). [19] Small Solar System objects are classified by their orbits: [20] [21] Main Asteroid belt (main belt), between Mars and Jupiter, in near circular orbit, 2.2 to 3.2 AU
Apollo asteroid, Mars-crosser asteroid, aka 2004 JN 13: Near-Earth asteroids between the Main Asteroid Belt and Jupiter's zone of influence: Near-Earth asteroids between Jupiter's and Saturn's zones of influence: Near-Earth asteroids between Saturn's and Uranus' zones of influence: 1999 XS 35: 17.915: Apollo asteroid, Damocloid asteroid, Mars ...
The average distance from the surface of the planet to its satellite is 239,000 miles although the exact length varies at different points in the moon's orbit. When an asteroid is larger than ...
Called a "mini-moon" of sorts by some, it temporarily entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which follows a similar orbital path around the sun as the Earth.
An asteroid the size of a football stadium will zip past Earth today. The asteroid, 2022 BH7, is one of four ... This asteroid is one of ... three times the distance from Earth to the moon—on ...
Vesta orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, within the asteroid belt, with a period of 3.6 Earth years, [6] specifically in the inner asteroid belt, interior to the Kirkwood gap at 2.50 AU. Its orbit is moderately inclined ( i = 7.1°, compared to 7° for Mercury and 17° for Pluto ) and moderately eccentric ( e = 0.09, about the same as for ...
It was initially believed that the asteroid could one day pose a serious threat to our planet. ... closer than the moon, according to NASA. The asteroid also won't hit our planet when it makes ...