Showing posts with label Asteroid. Show all posts
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Friday, 9 December 2011

Asteroid

ASTEROIDS 

1)Asteroids are the many small rocky or metallic objects which are flying in the Solar System.

2)Asteroids are mostly found in a belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

3) This area is sometimes called the "asteroid belt". Think about it this way: the asteroid belt is a big highway in a circle around the Sun. Think about the asteroids as cars on the highway. Sometimes, the asteroid cars run into one another. When this happens, the asteroids may break up into