Asteroid

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System. The larger ones have also been called planetoids. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not show the disc of a planet and was not observed to have the characteristics of an active comet. As minor planets in the outer Solar System were discovered and found to have volatile-based surfaces that resemble those of comets, they were often distinguished from asteroids of the asteroid belt. In this article, the term "asteroid" refers to the minor planets of the inner Solar System including those in co-orbit with Jupiter.

There are millions of asteroids, many thought to be the shattered remnants of planetesimals, bodies within the young Sun's solar nebula that never grew large enough to become planets. The large majority of known asteroids orbit in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, or are co-orbital with Jupiter (the Jupiter trojans). However, other orbital families exist with significant populations, including the near-Earth asteroids. Individual asteroids are classified by their characteristic spectra, with the majority falling into three main groups: C-type, M-type, and S-type. These were named after and are generally identified with carbon-rich, metallic, and silicate (stony) compositions, respectively.

Asteroid (film)

Asteroid is a 1997 NBC TV miniseries about the United States government trying to prevent an asteroid from colliding with the Earth.

Plot

Late one night, near Billings, Montana, a gas tanker is driving by when meteoroid suddenly hits in front of the truck. The driver attempts to swerve out of the way, but loses control and overturns and the tanker explodes, causing a massive fire.

The next morning, the fire is burning out of control and it is reported that the tanker was hit by a lightning bolt. With the area evacuated, FEMA Director Jack Wallach (Michael Biehn), and a colleague, Adam Marquez (Carlos Gómez) are flying via helicopter over the area, inspecting the fire, when they notice that two people are still in the area. It's a man on the roof of his house, trying to save it, despite his wife's protests.

Jack and Adam land and take the woman aboard, despite her angry protest in concern of her husband. Her husband starts to suffer from smoke inhalation when Jack manages to get him aboard the helicopter. Jack just barely manages to escape as a propane tank causes a massive explosion and destroys the home. They escape.

Asteroid (disambiguation)

An asteroid is an astronomical object. Specific variants include the following:

  • Amor asteroid
  • Apollo asteroid
  • Apohele asteroid
  • Arjuna asteroid
  • Aten asteroid
  • Binary asteroid
  • Maria asteroid
  • Near Earth asteroid, or Near Earth object, a family of asteroids and a few other objects that pass especially close to the Earth
  • Trojan asteroid
  • Asteroid or Asteroids may also refer to:

    Animals

  • Asteroid (horse), a successful thoroughbred racehorse in the United States
  • Asteroidea (sea stars), a class of invertebrate animals
  • Astrophysics

  • Asteroid belt
  • Asteroid deflection strategies
  • Asteroid moon
  • Art, entertainment, and media

    Films

  • Asteroid (film), 1997 TV movie about the American Government trying to stop an asteroid colliding with the Earth
  • Asteroid, a movie on the Sci Fi Channel
  • Games

  • Asteroids (video game), a popular vector-based video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari
    • Asteroids Deluxe, the sequel to Asteroids the arcade game, produced in 1980 by Atari
    • Asteroids Hyper 64, an update to the 1979 arcade shooter Asteroids released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Asteroid

    by: Absent Distance

    Floating in time and emptiness
    waiting for the loss of empty hands
    coursing, rewind eternity
    in the universe's eyes I see
    the lines will be us
    the space is the loss
    awoken by chance
    led by our sense
    the stars are the way
    the suns are the prey
    to feed every life
    Floating in time and emptiness
    waiting for the loss of empty hands
    coursing, rewind eternity
    in the universe's eyes I see
    a movement circular
    an extended moment
    a lesser piece of forever
    in and through the vast
    the cycle of the day
    shifts the heat away
    slowly leads the sun to decay
    to the end
    of existence




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