What is an asteroid? Detailed answer

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What is an asteroid?

Discoveries in the world of celestial bodies often resemble the discovery of a mystery. This is how asteroids were discovered. Scientists Titius and Bode at different times came to the conclusion that there must be some planet between Mars and Jupiter: there was some kind of gap in the distance between them. Therefore, several astronomers set about searching for this planet.

In 1801, a planet called Ceres was actually discovered at this place. But it was a very small planet, only 600 miles in diameter. Scientists decided that it could be just one of a group of minor planets, and the search continued.

After some time, three more planets were discovered, the largest of which was half the size of Ceres. Astronomers have decided that these planets are four fragments left after the explosion of some large planet. But after fifteen years of searching, one astronomer found another minor planet, and the hunt continued.

By 1890, 300 minor planets had been discovered, and between 1890 and 1927-2000 planets! These minor planets, mostly revolving in the space between Mars and Jupiter around the Sun, are called asteroids. It is estimated that there are about 100 of them, although many of them are too small to be easily detected. Some are only a few hundred meters across, and their total mass is only a small fraction of the mass of the Earth.

Regarding the appearance of asteroids, there is a hypothesis according to which they are fragments of an exploded satellite of Jupiter.

Author: Likum A.

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