Deck 43: Asteroids

Question 1

The asteroid Ida was found most importantly and strangely to have _________.

A) a surface
B) craters
C) a moon
D) a volcano

Answer 1

a moon

Question 2

This asteroid has been classified as a dwarf planet:

A) Ceres
B) Vesta
C) Pallas
D) 1 asteroid

Answer 2

Ceres

Question 3

These are small rocky bodies primarily found near Mars and Jupiter:

A) comets
B) asteroids
C) KBOs
D) TNOs

Answer 3

asteroids

Question 4

The Trojan asteroids travel along the orbit of

A) Jupiter
B) Mars
C) Earth
D) Saturn

Question 5

This was the mathematical pattern discovered for the known planets in the 1700s:_________.

Question 6

More empty regions in the asteroid belt regions are called the _________.

Question 7

Irregular light patterns in asteroid observations suggest that most rotate in 3 to 10 hours.

Question 8

Trojan asteroids cross the Earth's orbit.