laws‚ and Kepler’s Laws would come into play here. The orbits of asteroids are the result of a perfect balance between the forward motion and the pull of gravity on it from the sun. The asteroid will continue moving forward‚ and will keep wanting to move forward‚ but the gravity of the larger mass- in this case‚ the sun‚ keeps pulling the asteroid toward itself and it stays in an orbit- or the Asteroid belt. 6. No..if the asteroid orbiting the Sun were moving at a constant speed‚ than it
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Armageddon: A Reaction Paper Sparks‚ noise‚ vibrations and explosions! Shouting‚ running‚ screaming‚ fighting! Fire‚ tremors‚ crashes and collisions! In the movie Armageddon‚ who are the evil ones? They are thousands of rocks led by an asteroid the size of Texas that threatens to extinguish life on Earth? And who are the good ones? They are a motley makeshift group of old-drillers who will risk their lives in a daring rocket journey to save the world. A few NASA astronauts and one Russian
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“Naked Science: Countdown to Impact.” This video focuses on an asteroid that is heading towards Earth in 2008 and the possible effects that an asteroid has when it collides with Earth. October 6‚ 2008‚ for the first time ever‚ an astronomer discovered an asteroid while it was still in space and was also able to follow it all the way up until impact. This astronomer was able to identify that this object in space was in fact an asteroid by using their Catalina Sky Survey software and taking pictures
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all have seen the movies where the Earth is getting destroyed by natural disasters. An asteroid the size of Texas is headed straight for us and we only have 18 days to stop it. We know that asteroids break apart in the Earth’s atmosphere‚ that scientist presume that approximately 65 million years ago a meteor struck Earth causing the death of the dinosaurs and that most asteroids are located in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. What I didn’t know and what I have learned is that there
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approaches to save the world from the demise of a ginormous asteroid who is quickly coming closer to Earth and when it collides it will destroy everything in its path. We are drawn in from the very beginning because Harry’s (the main character) daughter Grace is in love with one of Harry’s workers‚ A.J. Frost. When disaster strikes and a huge comet passes through the asteroid belt to push forward space debris and larger than life asteroid‚ the size of Texas‚ NASA has eighteen days to find and train
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City through Finland. NASA discovers that a rogue comet the size of Texas passed through the asteroid belt and pushed forward a large amount of space debris. The core of the comet‚ now considered an asteroid‚ will collide with Earth in 18 days‚ creating another extinction event. NASA scientists‚ led by Dan Truman‚ plan to trigger a nuclear detonation 800 ft inside the asteroid that will split the asteroid in two‚ driving the pieces apart so both will fly safely past the Earth. NASA contacts Harry
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In the movie Armageddon the main character are faced with very difficult situation. A Texas-sized asteroid will hit the earth in 18 days that would destroy earth‚ as we know it. Not sure of what to do to prevent this with the help of the military and NASA scientist‚ they decide to insert a nuclear bomb imbedded 800 feet inside the asteroid splitting the asteroid in two preventing it from impacting the earth. NASA contacts a deep-sea oil driller‚ Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis)‚ who is considered the
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ASTEROIDS Did you know that there are really millions of planets orbiting the Sun? Apart from nine “proper” planets‚ there are a few million‚ minor ones‚ called asteroids. These are different chunks of rock‚ which range from specks of dust to those which are a few kilometres across. Most of them travel in an orbit between Mars and Jupiter called the asteroid belt. Others follow different orbits. In the 18th century‚ astronomers were convinced that a missing world existed between Mars and Jupiter
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dinosaurs before an asteroid struck. An illustration of dinosaurs fleeing a meteorite impact. Illustration by Mark Garlick‚ Science Source Ker Than for National Geographic News Published February 12‚ 2013 New insights about the asteroid thought to have killed off the dinosaurs suggest it may have just been the final blow‚ and that the reptiles were already suffering from a finicky climate prompted by volcanic eruptions long before the meteorite struck. "The [asteroid] impact was the coup
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For over 150 million years‚ dinosaurs dominated Earth. They were incredibly successful-so successful in fact that all of the other animal groups had no choice but to play a secondary role in nature. 65 million years ago‚ however‚ every species of dinosaur went extinct as well mosasaurs‚ plesiosaurs‚ pterosaurs‚ ammonites‚ and many families of brachiopods and sea sponges. Also‚ many shark species as well as most vegetation did not survive(“Dinosaur Extinction”). What could have possibly killed off
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