Getting to Know Asteroids

NASA is a key player in our technological growth. It leads in innovating technology development in both public and private industries across the board from aviation to zoology. In add-on, increasing the space program funding may increase our defense. As it will be exceedingly important that America innovates its space program for defense, from telecommunication to aviation. Likewise, what if an asteroid comes in our proximity and threatens our existence?, we ought to have something

Although all nine planets are a huge part of the solar system there's a lot more to the solar system than the nine planets. According to scientist the Solar System started out as an enormous cloud of gas and dust. Scientist believe that the cloud of dust and gas began to collapse under the weight of its own gravity and it did. The matter that was kept within itself began moving in a giant circle and at the center of the spinning cloud a tiny star began to form. The star eventually grew larger and collected more dust and gas that collapsed into it. Farther from the center of the mass that was being formed there was many smaller clumps of dust and gas that were also collapsing. The large cloud in the center eventually became the sun while the smaller clumps formed the planets, moons, comets and,

These impact prevention techniques and detection programs all come out of NASA, and it is crucial for NASA to stay funded to prevent disasters from striking and killing all life on Earth.

Do you want to know more about the universe, but dont have the time to actually pursue a detailed study? Then Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is exactly the book for you. The book describes the origins of the universe, delves deep into how it functions, and discusses different concepts of physics. Tyson tries to explain these concepts in the most simplified manner with a lot of humor. He also leaves us with not just a better sense of understanding of the universe, but also many questions about how to relate with the infinite cosmos with our own human and limited understanding.

thousands of small icy bodies orbit the sun. The planet appears to be typical of Kuiper Belt objects--only

Imagine all of the understanding of deep space, living on Mars, origins predicting, and competition in the current world. Datas evidence shows there are more and more asteroids in the past years and if we do not know anything about this our world would not be prepared. NASA wants to fund learning so we can examine the asteroids and collect data also, the world wants to know more about space and what is out there. According to the Tunguska Meteor Impact “At that moment there was a bang in the sky and a mighty crash… The crash was followed by a noise like stones falling from the sky, or of guns firing. The Earth trembled”. From this huge impact meteor, we can learn from this big effect it had and we have learn a lot about it from our technology and

Although it may seem that we do not have problems in space, we actually do, asteroids are coming earlier than ever before in the chart Known Near-earth Asteroids claims that in 1986 there were barely 2000 NEAs and in 2013 there was over 12000! This shows that we need to prepare for bigger asteroids that could come at anytime! Imagine how that chart could go up in the next decade. NASA should fund asteroid studies because they could come up with a way to defend our earth from big asteroids.

Many people including myself believe this because it could help our economy. According to NASA.Gov “the meteorites could contain precious metals, minerals, and even new elements that could be added to the periodic table” They could be used on Earth with trade value. This would give The U.S a humongous boost around 10 billion dollars to our GDP (gross domestic product value). The asteroid

Bottke, W.F., Vokrouhlick´y, D., Rubincam, D.P., & Broˇz, M.: 2002, in: W.F. Bottke, A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi & R.P. Binzel (eds.), Asteroids III (Tucson: The University of Arizona Press), p. 395-408.

In the past the definition of a planet in space was a body that orbits a star, such as the sun, that reflects the star’s light and is larger than an asteroid. This is until new research by new technologies allowed us to learn more and change the definition of a planet. This new information changed the fact that Pluto is no longer a planet, but a dwarf. Dwarfs may confuse many people because it is hard to tell it apart from a planet.

Asteroids left unchecked can be very dangerous to Earth. According to the Crater Data Chart, some craters have a diameter of “300 km”. That would cause so much destruction if it landed in a place where people live! Also, in the Tunguska Meteor Impact, it says some asteroids (like Tunguska) release “energy equivalent to about 185 Hiroshima bombs”. One Hiroshima bomb was absolutely catastrophic. Imagine how much damage one hundred and eighty five of those bombs could do!

Although most dwarf planets inhabit the Kuiper Belt, there is one notable exception that reside in the Asteroid Belt named Ceres. Dwarf planets are also notorious for following long elliptical orbits, while the planets, though they still follow an elliptical orbit, are on a much more circular path. Overall, dwarf planets

Back in 1980s there was barely asteroids seen near Earth, but as the years goes by there has been more asteroids near Earth. Also there have been more than 12,000 asteroids seen near Earth in 2013. What I think is that NASA should fund asteroid studies because for more resources, safety, and that were competitive and current in the world (#1 winner).

A NASA spokesman said today that if the rumored mile-wide asteroid hit the earth next month the explosion would be in the one million megaton range. The asteroid would have the energy that's 10 million times greater than the bomb that fell on Hiroshima. It will be able to flatten everything for 100 to 200 miles out from ground zero. If the asteroid were to directly hit New York City, the force of the impact would completely flatten every single thing from Washington D.C. to Boston, and would cause extensive damage perhaps 1,000 miles out, that's as far away as Chicago. The amount of dust and debris thrown up into the atmosphere would block out the sun and cause most living things on the planet to perish. If the asteroid crashes in the ocean,

In 2006, the IAU set a definition for a planet in the solar system as the following: is in orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass to assume a hydrostatic equilibrium (or a nearly spherical shape) and has cleared the neighborhood around the object. Dwarf Planets passed two of the three necessary requirements of the planet test. One is that they are always in orbit around the Sun and the other is that they are nearly spherical in shape. However, they did not pass the test of clearing its neighborhood of any debris. Planets are able to clear smaller bodies near its orbit such as small asteroids through collision, capture or gravitational disturbance. Dwarf planets lack the mass to do so. As a result, they have a weak gravitational force that is unable to keep its orbital influence cleared from asteroids that float around in the Kuiper Belt territory.