Churchill Science

From Ask an Astronomer…

Click the picture to learn more about asteroids from National Geographic.

An asteroid is a piece of stranded rock in the middle of nowhere. If it hits you, that is sad. Asteroids are left over from when the Sun and planets were made. If gravity had been a little stronger, the asteroids would have been another planet. They come in many shapes and sizes. Ceres is the biggest asteroid. It is almost big enough to be a planet. Ceres is a dwarf planet, like Pluto. Gaspra looks like a fish! Pallas looks like a smiley face. Ida has a strange little moon. Eros looks like a bone. There’s no place like asteroids!