Sentences with phrase «from huge asteroids»
And in between those large, spherical bodies lie irregularly shaped objects, ranging in size from huge asteroids to rock - sized meteoroids to tiny particles no larger than a grain of dust.
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Too, it need be considered why Jupiter is where it is and its size, for it's huge size (mass) has a strong gravitational effect on meteors and asteroids going near it, causing them to either be absorbed by it or deflecting them away from the earth.
«This is the strongest evidence from fossils that the main driver of this extinction event was the after - effects of a huge asteroid impact, rather than a slower decline caused by natural changes to the climate or by severe volcanism stressing global environments.»
If I was to claim that I need huge amounts of revenue from you to avoid certain catastrophe from a future asteroid collision, and that my computer models now predict this collision to be much more likely than previously thought, would you give me the same benefit of the doubt?
«We think two big asteroids crashed into each other, creating a huge cloud of grains the size of very fine sand, which are now smashing themselves into smithereens and slowly leaking away from the star,» Huan Y.A. Meng, a graduate student at the University of Arizona at Tucson and the study's lead author, said in a statement.
«Given how large planets are, the addition of a supply from something as small as a typical or even large comet or asteroid would be such a tiny fraction of the total atmosphere that it would be quite insufficient, like trying to fan a huge bonfire with a single, gentle puff.
An impact from an asteroid of this size would cause a huge amount of damage if it hit a populated area of the planet.
1) Nudge a 1 - mi diameter nickel - iron asteroid into near - Earth orbit, and it will (rather readily) yield as much precious metal as has been mined from the Earth's crust in all history, plus huge amounts of base metals (useful mostly for large - scale orbital construction, etc.) 2) Plasma torches from either self - generated Syngas or from prospective fusion plants will enable nearly complete recycling of all waste, including landfills and equipment graveyards, etc., by reducing it to pure elemental form.