In Depth | Asteroids - NASA Solar System Exploration
25 Nov 2024 at 2:04pm
Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. The current known asteroid count is: . Most of this ancient space rubble can be found orbiting our Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt.
Asteroids, Comets & Meteors - NASA Solar System Exploration
25 Nov 2024 at 9:28pm
Our solar system?s small bodies ? asteroids, comets, and meteors ? pack big surprises. These chunks of rock, ice, and metal are leftovers from the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
In Depth | Our Solar System ? NASA Solar System Exploration
27 Nov 2024 at 2:13am
Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity ? the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
Small Bodies Community White Paper: Asteroids
21 Nov 2024 at 4:44am
This paper identifies the top-level science issues, mission priorities, research and technology needs, and programmatic balance for the exploration of Asteroids. This paper was organized by the Small Bodies Assessment Group.
The Usual Suspects: a Rogues Gallery of Asteroids, Comets and Other ...
24 Nov 2024 at 2:56pm
Asteroids are airless, miniature worlds. There are likely several million of them circling the Sun, but the confirmed count now stands at nearly 800,000. Some of them are solid, while others are more like clumps of loosely bound rubble. Many asteroids are irregularly shaped, like potatoes. Because they have little mass, asteroids have weak gravity.
Vesta and Ceres: What We Knew About These Worlds Before and After Dawn
25 Nov 2024 at 7:09am
Their non-random distribution seems to indicate that they are the result of low-energy impacts by carbon-bearing asteroids that delivered the darker material to Vesta and other impacts that melted Vesta?s surface, darkening the material there.
In Depth | 1P/Halley ? NASA Solar System Exploration
23 Nov 2024 at 5:06pm
Asteroids, Comets & Meteors 1P/Halley In 1986, the European spacecraft Giotto became one of the first spacecraft ever to encounter and photograph the nucleus of a comet, passing and imaging Halley's nucleus as it receded from the Sun. Credit: Halley Multicolor Camera Team, Giotto Project, ESA | More about this image
In Depth | Perseids ? NASA Solar System Exploration
22 Nov 2024 at 4:24pm
Meteors come from leftover comet particles and bits from broken asteroids. When comets come around the Sun, they leave a dusty trail behind them. Every year Earth passes through these debris trails, which allows the bits to collide with our atmosphere and disintegrate to create fiery and colorful streaks in the sky.
Planet Compare ? NASA Solar System Exploration
26 Nov 2024 at 12:02pm
NASA?s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
In Depth | Hayabusa 2 ? NASA Solar System Exploration
22 Nov 2024 at 7:09pm
Asteroids, comets, Kuiper Belt Objects?all kinds of small bodies of rock, metal and ice are in constant motion as they orbit the Sun. But what?s the difference between them? Why do these miniature worlds fascinate space explorers so much?
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25 Nov 2024 at 2:04pm
Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. The current known asteroid count is: . Most of this ancient space rubble can be found orbiting our Sun between Mars and Jupiter within the main asteroid belt.
Asteroids, Comets & Meteors - NASA Solar System Exploration
25 Nov 2024 at 9:28pm
Our solar system?s small bodies ? asteroids, comets, and meteors ? pack big surprises. These chunks of rock, ice, and metal are leftovers from the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
In Depth | Our Solar System ? NASA Solar System Exploration
27 Nov 2024 at 2:13am
Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity ? the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
Small Bodies Community White Paper: Asteroids
21 Nov 2024 at 4:44am
This paper identifies the top-level science issues, mission priorities, research and technology needs, and programmatic balance for the exploration of Asteroids. This paper was organized by the Small Bodies Assessment Group.
The Usual Suspects: a Rogues Gallery of Asteroids, Comets and Other ...
24 Nov 2024 at 2:56pm
Asteroids are airless, miniature worlds. There are likely several million of them circling the Sun, but the confirmed count now stands at nearly 800,000. Some of them are solid, while others are more like clumps of loosely bound rubble. Many asteroids are irregularly shaped, like potatoes. Because they have little mass, asteroids have weak gravity.
Vesta and Ceres: What We Knew About These Worlds Before and After Dawn
25 Nov 2024 at 7:09am
Their non-random distribution seems to indicate that they are the result of low-energy impacts by carbon-bearing asteroids that delivered the darker material to Vesta and other impacts that melted Vesta?s surface, darkening the material there.
In Depth | 1P/Halley ? NASA Solar System Exploration
23 Nov 2024 at 5:06pm
Asteroids, Comets & Meteors 1P/Halley In 1986, the European spacecraft Giotto became one of the first spacecraft ever to encounter and photograph the nucleus of a comet, passing and imaging Halley's nucleus as it receded from the Sun. Credit: Halley Multicolor Camera Team, Giotto Project, ESA | More about this image
In Depth | Perseids ? NASA Solar System Exploration
22 Nov 2024 at 4:24pm
Meteors come from leftover comet particles and bits from broken asteroids. When comets come around the Sun, they leave a dusty trail behind them. Every year Earth passes through these debris trails, which allows the bits to collide with our atmosphere and disintegrate to create fiery and colorful streaks in the sky.
Planet Compare ? NASA Solar System Exploration
26 Nov 2024 at 12:02pm
NASA?s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
In Depth | Hayabusa 2 ? NASA Solar System Exploration
22 Nov 2024 at 7:09pm
Asteroids, comets, Kuiper Belt Objects?all kinds of small bodies of rock, metal and ice are in constant motion as they orbit the Sun. But what?s the difference between them? Why do these miniature worlds fascinate space explorers so much?
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
