Asteroids are those rocks rotating in space which can pose a big threat to the Earth at any time. These have been revolving around the Sun since the time of its formation, bound by the Sun’s gravity. They are different from planets and meteorites but their structure is similar to planets, because they are made…
Apart from the planets, their satellites i.e. the Moon, asteroids also revolve around the planets in space. These are not satellites, rather they have been called minor planets or asteroids, because in structure they are similar to the planets. The second reason for calling them planets is that they revolve around the sun. While satellites…
NASA’s Asteroid Alert warns about rocky fragments coming close to Earth. These days, asteroid alerts are being issued by the space agency almost every day. These rock fragments continue to pass near the earth. In such a situation, asteroids have become a subject of interest for people interested in astronomical activities including space scientists. There…
Asteroids are continuously rotating in space. But they revolve around the Sun, not the planets. However, they are said to be made of the same material from which planets are made. That is why they are also called asteroids. Are. Scientists keep tracking them continuously. Besides, the American Space Agency is also studying asteroids. Asteroids…
A large number of asteroids are present in our solar system in space. Thousands of these asteroids revolve in their orbit around the Earth and its surroundings. Asteroids of the Apollo group are present near the Earth, about which NASA says that their orbit is very large and they intersect the Earth’s orbit. That’s why…
Asteroids revolving in space, which are also called asteroids, are coming towards the Earth one after the other. Many asteroids are passing very close and the distance between them and the Earth remains only a few lakh kilometers. Compared to the infinite size of the universe, this distance is negligible. In such a situation, the…
NASA is continuously studying celestial bodies under space missions. Study of asteroids is also a mission in these missions of NASA. According to the space agency, the Earth was formed 4.5 billion years ago. But at the time of Earth’s formation, some rocks are said to have been scattered in the solar system, which have…
Asteroid is also called minor planet in Hindi language. These are made of mineral substances and have rocky structure. In size they can range from 500 feet to several kilometres. Like other celestial bodies in the solar system, they also revolve around the Sun. But their orbit sometimes comes in the way of the orbit…
Many types of celestial bodies are found in space. Asteroids are also present in large numbers in it. A large number of asteroids are also found in our solar system. Currently, about 13 lakh asteroids have been discovered, out of which 16000 asteroids are present in and around the Earth. NASA also calls them near…
Asteroids are continuously passing through the Earth these days. NASA tracks asteroids and issues alerts for them. But this alert is issued only for those asteroids which come closer than 75 lakh kilometers from the Earth. Such asteroids are considered a threat to the Earth. According to NASA, 13 lakh asteroids have been identified so…