Asteroids Quiz

Ceres, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is about 940 km in diameter. It is so large that it is also classified as a dwarf planet.

The asteroid belt is a region between Mars and Jupiter containing millions of rocky objects that orbit the Sun.

A binary asteroid system consists of two asteroids that orbit their common center of mass. Many asteroids have been found to have a small moonlet orbiting them.

Asteroids are mainly composed of rocky materials and metals such as nickel and iron, remnants from the early solar system.

Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres on January 1, 1801, marking the first recorded asteroid discovery.

Trojan asteroids share a planet’s orbit at Lagrange points, with large groups found along Jupiter’s orbit.

A meteor, commonly known as a "shooting star," is the visible streak of light that occurs when a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere and vaporizes due to friction.

Asteroids are remnants from the early solar system, dating back more than 4 billion years.

Asteroid Ida, visited by the Galileo spacecraft in 1993, was the first asteroid found to have a natural satellite named Dactyl.

Bennu is classified as a PHA due to its size and its orbit, which brings it close to Earth in the future.