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Asteroids Summary
1,356 words, approx. 5 pages Asteroids are small bodies in space—the numerous leftover planetesimals from which the planets were made nearly 4.6 billion years ago. Most are in the "main belt," which is a doughnut-like volume of space between Mars and Jupiter...
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Small Bodies Summary
1,105 words, approx. 4 pages For much of history, the solar system was thought to consist of large objects: Earth, the Moon, the Sun, and other planets. However, within the last two centuries astronomers have discovered a menagerie of small objects throughout the solar system,...
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998 words, approx. 3 pages Johannes Kepler was the first to postulate the existence of a hidden planet between Mars and Jupiter, a theory long pondered by astronomers. Then, in 1766, Johannes Titius (1729-1796), a professor of mathematics and physics in Germany, developed a...
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Asteroids Summary
866 words, approx. 3 pages Asteroids are rocky material left over from the formation of the solar system that orbit the Sun, but are too small to be Asteroid 243 Ida and its moon, photograph. . Reproduced by...
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4,947 words, approx. 17 pages
 Asteroids, also called minor planets or planetoids, are a class of astronomical objects. The term asteroid is generally used to indicate a diverse group of small celestial bodies in the solar system that orbit around the Sun. 'Asteroid' (Greek for...




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Asteroid
01/14/2001: 409 words, approx. 1 pages Asteroid, orbiter a match made in heavens? In a novel effort, scientists aim to land spacecraft on Eros By JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA Associated Press Sunday, January 14, 2001 Scientists remotely steering an automobile-sized spacecraft say they will end its...
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02/17/1997: 740 words, approx. 3 pages NBC, SN. FEB. 16, MON. FEB. 17, 9 P.M. Filmed in and around Denver, Burbank and the Mojave Desert by Davis Entertainment Television. Executive producers, John Davis, Merrill H. Karpf; supervising producer, Peter V. Ware; producers, Phil Margo, Christopher Morgan; co-producer, Donna...
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Asteroid named for `Star Trek' actor
10/3/2007: 369 words, approx. 1 pages A piece of outer space named for George Takei is in kind of a rough neighborhood for somebody who steers a starship: an asteroid belt.An asteroid between Mars and Jupiter has been renamed 7307 Takei in honor of the actor, best known for his role...
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Astronaut seeks craft to bump asteroids
1/24/2007: 550 words, approx. 2 pages NASA astronaut and former University of Hawaii solar physicist Edward Lu is calling for a new spacecraft that would divert asteroids on a path to slam into Earth.The small space tractor, costing between $200 million and $300 million, would hover near an asteroid to exert...


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