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| where is main asteroid belt |
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| what is main asteroid belt |
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| trojan asteroids location |
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share the orbit of jupiter
2 lagrangian points where jupiters gravity = sun |
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| near earth asteroids location |
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| asteroid orbital periods in kirkwood gaps |
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| intergral fractions of jupiters orbital period |
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| what happens to asteroids in kirkwood gaps |
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| tossed into near earth trajectories |
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| why asteroids didnt coalesce |
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| what determines composition and color |
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carbon/water rich
85% are this kind |
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closest to sun
silicate. no water
15% are this kind |
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| metallic in middle of belt |
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| how do you tell the rotation period of an asteoid |
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fist asteroid discoverd, also largest
dwarf planet |
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| what are eros' craters named for |
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| rocks from space that make to surface of a planet |
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| light of meteroid when it enters atmosphere |
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| small sherical recovered stones from meteorites |
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