TRIBUNKALTIM.CO – What is an asteroid? the following understanding, characteristics to terrible events that have occurred on earth.
Asteroids are rocky bodies that revolve around the Sun.
It is also referred to as a planetoid or minor planet, but its size is too small to be called a planet.
There are millions of asteroids with very diverse sizes. In total, the mass of all asteroids is less than the mass of Earth’s Moon.
Reporting from Space, regardless of size, asteroids can be dangerous.
Many of these have hit Earth in the past and there may be many more that will hit Earth in the future.
Therefore, as reported by Kompas.comscientists continue to study the number, orbit, and physical characteristics of asteroids.
Asteroid characteristics
Reporting from the Learning Resources of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemdikbud), the following are the characteristics of asteroids:
1. Asteroids have an irregular shape
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