Asteroid belt

action movies that grab the audience attention, but later on realize the negligent science that was presented. The 1998 movie, Armageddon is a great example. “The premise of the movie is that a giant asteroid is going to hit the Earth and wipe out all life” (Phil Plate). As I watched the movie, an asteroid is headed to Earth, and is told that this was the Dinosaur Killer 65 million years ago. It was stated that the force was “10,000 nuclear weapons” as it exploded. If it were to be calculated it would

affects the diameter and depth of a crater. Background Research: A meteoroid is a small chunk of rock that has been broken apart from a much larger chunk of rock called an asteroid, these chunks of rock are located in between Mars and Jupiter, called the asteroid belt. When a meteoroid has been knocked out of the asteroid belt and is on it way towards earth the meteoroid is now a meteor, if the the meteor hits the ground it changes to a meteorite. When the meteorite makes contact with the ground

is nearing depletion of its natural resources at a time when human beings are rapidly expanding the frontiers of space. The resources which may exist on asteroids could have enormous potential for aiding and enhancing human space exploration as well as life on Earth. With the possibly limitless opportunities that exist, it is clear that asteroids are the next step for human existence in space. The resources of the Earth are not infinite, in fact, some are depletable within the next several decades

them? A lot of people believe that the the extinction of dinosaurs was from a huge asteroid that killed them. But theories say that was just the final blow to end off the dinosaurs. People say they were dying before that due to climate change. People are skeptical that if it missed dinosaurs and humans would have live together or would they have not. The dinosaurs died due to the climate change but also a asteroid. “History” Paleontologist believe that the dinosaurs were already dying rapidly due

Asteroids are a very fascinating part of our solar system. Asteroids are classified as small airless rocky worlds revolving around the sun. Since asteroids are too small, they have not been called planets during the time of their existence. The larger asteroids are known as planetoids or minor planets. Asteroids as a whole, their mass does not even come close to the mass of the Earths moon. This could be a reason why they have not been known as planets. Although asteroids can be seen in any part

synopsis: An evil man plans to mine gold and other precious metals from asteroids to fund his worldwide domination. A team of skilled military trained astronauts will have to find a way to stop him. The countries of the world have to band together to find to prevent this from happening again. The story will include asteroid mining, 3D printing, water powered space craft, space weaponry, using radar and IR cameras to determine asteroid composition, and others. The story follows the actions of the villain

planet.      In the Milky Way, the Earth is one of the planets with the greatest chance of getting hit by a meteor. The Earth is only one planet away from the Asteroid Belt, which is located between Mars and Jupiter. At any moment, a meteor could break free and head straight towards Earth. With millions of meteors located in this belt there is

How can we avoid asteroids? In our everyday lives, there are a multitude of forces acting on and upon us all the time. One fundamental force is gravity. Gravity (also known as gravitational force) is the force of attraction. Every object in the world that has mass exerts a pull-otherwise known as force, on other mass ["Forces of Attraction."]. Gravitational pull increases and decreases depending on the amount of mass, and how close objects are. ["Weight, Mass and Gravity."] [See Fig 1.]. In this

plan to capture asteroid 2011MD goes wrong and it threatens to crash directly into the earth, Dr. Cyrus Smith and his team of astronomers must find a strategy to destroy or divert asteroid 2011MD before it destroys New York City and threatening the lives of millions of people. The team has strategized three options to protect the city: to push the asteroid off its course, to destroy the asteroid with a kinetic impact, or to use the power of a neutron bomb to destroy the asteroid. Each option, however

erosion and the aftermath of environmental consequences. Moreover, on this subject, meteors themselves are a phenomenon that doesn't happen too often, but most of the time that they do it is pretty catastrophic. A meteor is usually an asteroid that came from the belt between us and Mars, they aren't classified as meteors until they begin to burn up in the atmosphere. There are not many causes of these other than them just coming by and being pulled in by our gravity. The first way that these events