How do we know what asteroids are made of?
A) Astronomers have studied meteorites that originated in the Asteroid belt.
B) Astronomers have landed a spacecraft on one of them and analyzed its composition.
C) The spectrum of sunlight reflected from an asteroid shows absorption features, from which we can determine its composition.
D) All of these choices are correct.
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Q19: What is a typical asteroid made of?
A)
Q20: About how big is the largest asteroid
Q21: The observation that there are asteroids made
Q22: On average, a body 100 meters in
Q23: What is the Asteroid belt?
A) the place
Q25: Typical asteroids are irregularly shaped. Why is
Q26: The existence of asteroids is supporting evidence
Q27: A Dwarf Planet orbiting the Sun outside
Q28: Which of the following is not an
Q29: Which of the following are Dwarf Planets?
A)
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