Who was the astronomer who discovered the first asteroid in 1801?
Asteroids

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Giuseppi Piazzi
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What does asteroid literally mean?
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Starlight
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Asteroids are small rocky or metallic bodies that orbit the sun in the whole solar system.
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False, there is a separate designation for bodies past Jupiter.
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What are the basic materials that make up asteroids?
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75% Carbon, 17% Silicon, 8% Miscellaneous
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What is the gap called that is created by Jupiter's size pulling some asteroids away from solar orbit?
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Kirkwood gap
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What would it be like to flying through an asteroid belt?
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Very few asteroids, possibly wouldn't see one at all.
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If you took all the asteroids in the main belt and lumped them together, how large would it be?
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Smaller than our moon
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