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The main Aseroid Belt. The asteroid belt exists mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. |
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Trojan Asteroids The trojan asteroids are trapped in Jupiter's gravity, some in front of the planet's orbit and some behind. Trojan asteroids are named after figures from the Trojan War legend. |
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Planetoids and Minor Planets The Astronomers' official term for Asteroid is Minor Planet. These very small planets are thought to be pieces that were left over when our solar system was formed. |
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A Shooting Star As a meteoroid falls into the Earth's atmosphere it usually vaporizes. Sometimes, if a meteoroid is large eneough it doesn't burn up in our atmosphere, it becomes a meteor ... also known as a Shooting Star. |
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A Meteorite In space small bits of rock and dust are called Meteoroids; when meteoroids hit the Earth's atmosphere and do not burn up they become Meteors. If a meteor does not vaporize in the Earth's atmosphere it hits the surface, it is then called a Meteorite. |
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What forms the boundary between the inner planets and outer planets of our solar system? |
Jupiter holds asteroids in its gravity. What are these asteroids called? |
Astronomers usually call asteroids what? |
Sometimes a meteor is called what? |
What is a meteoroid called when it is found on the surface of the Earth? |
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