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Vesta, in the belt of these objects, is the brightest one in our solar system |
asteroids
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$1,600 |
DJ |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
2020-04-08 |
#8198 |
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These objects, aka minor planets, range in size from about 20 feet in diameter to around 485 miles in diameter |
asteroids
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$400 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
2006-12-04 |
#5116 |
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Among the most distant of these, the Trojan Group actually travels in the same orbit as Jupiter |
Asteroids
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$600 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
2001-03-19 |
#3816 |
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Most of these minor planets revolve around the sun in a "belt" between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter |
asteroids
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$400 |
J |
ASTRONOMY |
1997-12-23 |
#3067 |
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At about 600 miles in diameter, Ceres is the largest first discovered of these minor planets |
asteroids
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$600 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1997-05-08 |
#2934 |
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The total mass of these minor planets in the solar system is less than that of our moon |
asteroids
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$400 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1997-01-27 |
#2861 |
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Of these "minor planets", Vesta is the only one sometimes visible to the naked eye |
asteroids
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$500 |
J |
ASTRONOMY |
1995-01-04 |
#2383 |
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It's believed that the majority of meteorites are fragments of these minor planets |
asteroids
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$400 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY & SPACE |
1994-12-21 |
#2373 |
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Icarus & Apollo, 2 of these, have diameters of about 1100 yards |
asteroids
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$500 |
J |
ASTRONOMY & SPACE |
1994-12-08 |
#2364 |
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Scientists have plotted the orbits of over 2500 of these, including those of Hidalgo & Amor |
asteroids
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$1,000 |
DJ |
THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
1991-10-02 |
#1628 |
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In 1801, Ceres became the 1st of these bodies to be discovered |
asteroids
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$500 |
J |
ASTRONOMY |
1991-06-19 |
#1583 |
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1 of the 2 types of orbiting bodies classed as minor planets in our solar systems |
asteroids
DD
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$1,500 |
DJ |
ASTRONOMY |
1988-11-29 |
#977 |