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Planetary Science > Asteroid
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Asteroid Defined
A small, mostly rocky body orbiting the Sun. Asteroids range in size from 1000 kilometers in diameter to tiny objects you could hold in your hand. Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, and are the source of most meteorites.
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- Asteroid impact (500km): Asteroid impact with length 500km. Video in HD format available.
- Life Could Have Survived Earth's Early Bombardment | LiveScience: An asteroid bombardment of Earth nearly 4 billion years ago may have actually been a boon to early life on the planet, instead of wiping it out or preventing it from originating, a new study suggests. Asteroids, comets and other impactors from space have been suggested as the causes behind some of the world's great mass extinctions, including the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
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- The Sky Is Falling - The Atlantic(June 2008)
- Stephen Hawking: "Asteroid Impacts Biggest Threat to Intelligent Life in the Galaxy"
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- Asteroid Ephemeris
- Vesta-Profiles: Vesta in Gemini brings a keen curiosity with an interest in gathering facts and information for any project or goal. Vesta here facilitates communication, networking, and writing in the workplace. Under stress, this placement can create a scattered mind or lack of focus, and in personal relationships, a diffusion of intimacy through trivial chatting or rationalizing feelings.
- Llewellyn Journal - Where Does Persephone Hide in your Natal Chart?: In the Second House, Persephone may show you feel unable to deal with your own possessions and are used to having someone else do your finances for you. It may mean you are not comfortable taking charge of your own income, or feel you don?t have the ?smarts? to do so yourself. Everyone can take money management courses, and read books on the subject, and you may just need more confidence in your own abilities.
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