Space / Astronomy: What's Hot Now: Asteroids Pictures Gallery

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Asteroids Pictures Gallery Jan 22nd 2012, 11:06 Asteroids are rocky fragments left over from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Most of these fragments of ancient space rubble - sometimes referred to by scientists as minor planets - can be found orbiting the Sun in a belt between Mars and Jupiter. This region in our solar system, called the Asteroid Belt or Main Belt, probably contains millions of asteroids ranging widely in size from Ceres, which at 940 km in diameter is about one-quarter the diameter of our Moon, to bodies that are less than 1 km across. There are more than 20,000 that are numbered. NEAR's First Whole-Eros Mosaic from Orbit Mosaic of Mathilde Asteroids Mathilde, Gaspra and Ida Ida and Dactyl in Enhanced Color Asteroid Ida and its Satellite Dactyl in Enhanced Color Ida and Dactyl High Resolution View of Dactyl Gaspra, Deimos and Phobos Gaspra - Highest Resolution Mosaic Gaspra - Galileo First Look: Eros Dactyl

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