asteroid
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The asteroid formed about 155 million years ago when fragments from a violent collision gradually came together.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
On April 20, 2025, Lucy passed within 650 miles of Donaldjohanson while traveling through the main asteroid belt on its way to a group of Jupiter Trojan asteroids.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
Those observations revealed an asteroid that does not rotate in the simple way scientists expected.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
Earth-based observations had already hinted that Donaldjohanson was elongated, but Lucy showed that the asteroid is actually composed of two connected lobes joined by a narrow neck.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
If a comet or an asteroid dropped into the atmosphere of Jupiter, we would not expect a visible crater, only a momentary break in the clouds.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing asteroid
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