Search Results
| Search type | Search syntax |
|---|---|
| Tags | [tag] |
| Exact | "words here" |
| Author |
user:1234 user:me (yours) |
| Score |
score:3 (3+) score:0 (none) |
| Answers |
answers:3 (3+) answers:0 (none) isaccepted:yes hasaccepted:no inquestion:1234 |
| Views | views:250 |
| Code | code:"if (foo != bar)" |
| Sections |
title:apples body:"apples oranges" |
| URL | url:"*.example.com" |
| Saves | in:saves |
| Status |
closed:yes duplicate:no migrated:no wiki:no |
| Types |
is:question is:answer |
| Exclude |
-[tag] -apples |
| For more details on advanced search visit our help page | |
Results tagged with asteroids
Search options not deleted
user 31618
For questions about rock particles or large rocky bodies in space, typically in orbit around a star. Contrast with "meteors", space rocks falling to planetary surfaces. Whereas asteroids are objects to be encountered during space travel, meteors are a space weather phenomenon observed on planets.
2
votes
How to explain Earth-like gravity in small asteroids?
Asteroids are not solid chunks of rock generally; they tend to be very loosely held together piles of rubble with virtually no gravity. … The thing about most asteroids (non-monolithic ones) is that there's a lot of empty space between the chunks and rocks that make them up, because there's so little gravitational force holding any of it …
- 21