The first asteroid named Ceres was discovered in ______ of January, 1801.
26th
15th
1st
Which among the following asteroids can destroy an entire city?
2020 FV4
2012 XA133
2020 FP
Name the law that suggested that there should be a planet between Mars and Jupiter.
Bode's Law
Planetary Law
Celestial Law
Fukushima Prefecture is located in which country?
China
N. Korea
Japan
Do Asteroids are made up of Rocks?
Yes
No
NASA's center of Near Earth Object studies discovered how many asteroids?
12000
16000
49970
When is the United Nations International Asteroid Day is observed?
1st December
20th July
30th June
There are millions of asteroids in the solar system, they are in varying sizes and circle the sun in wide elliptical orbits.
True
False
Who keeps a close watch on asteroids approaching the Earth?
WHO
NASA
SpaceX
Curuca river asteroid event was the earth's most massive impact in recorded history that flattened 2000 sq.km. of forest.
True
False
He is the person who coined the term 'Asteroid'.
Carl Sagan
William Herschel
Issac Newton
Asteroids are also known as Minor planets and _________.
Small stars
Planets
Rock planet
What is the expected lifetime of Near Earth Asteroids?
Around 1 million years
Around 1 billion years
Around 10 million years
How many Near Earth Object are considered to be larger than 1 kilometer?
600
1000
200
_________ discovered the first asteroid Ceres.
Giuseppe Piazzi
Nicolaus Hubble
William Herschel
Name the group of asteroids that cross earth's orbit and also may come close to Earth or even collided with the planet.
Davida
Vesta
Apollo
Asteroids lie primarily within how many regions of the solar system?
Two
Three
Four
All the asteroids lie only within the main belt.
True
False
This asteroids have orbits that approach Earth's path but remain exclusively between Earth and Mars.
Army
Artu
Amor
_________ asteroids also cross Earth's orbit but spend most of their time inside Earth's orbit.
Aten
Eve
Eden
Which asteroids are near-Earth asteroids whose orbits are contained within Earth's orbit?
Artura
Atira
Vesta
Asteroids are leftovers from the formation of our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.
True
False
The surfaces of most asteroids are thought to be covered in _______.
Metals
Water
Dust
Metallic asteroids are __________ in color.
Grayish
Reddish
Greenish
When an asteroid, or a part of it, crashes into Earth, it's called a _________.
Meteorite
Artur
Nickelite
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