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  • Which asteroid did the NEAR Shoemaker mission land on?

    Eros

  • Which asteroid was visited by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft?

    Ryugu

  • What is the name of the first known binary asteroid system?

    243 Ida

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has its own moon?

    Ida

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Hiisi?

    Lempo

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a crater named after Isaac Asimov?

    Asimov

  • What is the term for an asteroid that shares an orbit with a larger planet?

    Trojan asteroid

  • What is the term for an asteroid that orbits the Sun in the opposite direction of most other objects?

    Retrograde asteroid

  • The term 'Atira asteroids' refers to a group of near-Earth asteroids that have orbits entirely within what?

    Earth's orbit

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Huya?

    Varuna

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Dysnomia?

    Eris

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called Huya?

    2002 UX25

  • Which asteroid is composed mostly of iron and nickel?

    16 Psyche

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called S/2001 (45) 1?

    Eugenia

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Namaka?

    Haumea

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a crater named after Arthur C. Clarke?

    Clarke

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named S/2014 (162173) 1?

    Ryugu

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Sharon?

    Orcus

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Vanth?

    Orcus

  • What is the name of the asteroid that passed close to Earth in 2013, causing a meteor explosion over Russia?

    Chelyabinsk

  • What is the most common type of asteroid in the Solar System?

    C-type

  • Which asteroid is considered a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA)?

    Apophis

  • What is the name of the largest asteroid in our solar system's main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?

    Ceres

  • Which asteroid has the shortest orbital period around the Sun?

    Ceres

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Petit-Prince?

    B612

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Hydra?

    Pluto

  • What is the name of the asteroid that is believed to be a remnant from a destroyed planet?

    Vesta

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called Charon?

    Pluto

  • Which asteroid is named after the Greek god of love?

    Eros

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a diamond-like shape?

    216 Kleopatra

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called S/2001 (22) 1?

    Kalliope

  • What is the name of the asteroid that was visited by the NASA spacecraft Dawn?

    Ceres

  • What is an asteroid?

    A small rocky body orbiting the sun

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called S/2001 (107) 1?

    Camilla

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a highly reflective surface and is sometimes visible with the naked eye?

    Vesta

  • What is the term for an asteroid that orbits the Sun but stays close to a planet?

    Co-orbital asteroid

  • Which asteroid was discovered by Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi?

    Ceres

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Weywot?

    Quaoar

  • What is the name of the space mission that visited the asteroid Eros?

    NEAR Shoemaker

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called Logos?

    617 Patroclus

  • What is the name of the first asteroid to be visited by a spacecraft?

    951 Gaspra

  • What is the name of the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?

    Chicxulub

  • Which asteroid is thought to be a remnant core of a protoplanet?

    Psyche

  • Which asteroid has a moon named Dactyl?

    243 Ida

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called Orcus?

    2007 OR10

  • Which asteroid is named after the Greek goddess of health?

    Hygiea

  • Which asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter?

    Main Asteroid Belt

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called Hi'iaka?

    Haumea

  • What is the name of the asteroid that is believed to have caused the extinction of dinosaurs?

    Chicxulub

  • Which famous scientist proposed using nuclear weapons to deflect potentially hazardous asteroids away from Earth?

    Edward Teller

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Atlas?

    Saturn

  • Which asteroid is believed to be responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs?

    Chicxulub impactor

  • What is the primary composition of C-type asteroids?

    Carbon

  • What is the name of the asteroid that was visited by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa?

    Itokawa

  • What is the largest known asteroid in our solar system?

    Ceres

  • What is the shape of most asteroids?

    Irregular

  • What is the average distance between asteroids in the main asteroid belt?

    600,000 miles

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called S/2005 (136472) 1?

    Makemake

  • Which asteroid is shaped like a dog bone?

    216 Kleopatra

  • Which country launched the first successful asteroid sample return mission?

    Japan

  • Which asteroid is the largest in our solar system?

    Ceres

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Pan?

    Saturn

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has its own tiny moon called Dactyl?

    Ida

  • What is the term for a small asteroid that temporarily orbits Earth?

    Temporarily captured orbiter

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a crater named after Robert Heinlein?

    Heinlein

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called S/2004 (45) 1?

    Eugenia

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a crater named Occator that contains bright spots?

    Ceres

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Nix?

    Pluto

  • What is the name of the spacecraft that visited the asteroid Eros in 2001?

    NEAR Shoemaker

  • What is the name of the first known interstellar object to pass through our Solar System?

    'Oumuamua

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Prometheus?

    Saturn

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Charon?

    Pluto

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Kerberos?

    Pluto

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Dactyl?

    Ida

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a horseshoe-shaped orbit around Earth?

    2002 AA29

  • What is the name of the first known active asteroid in the main asteroid belt?

    6478 Gault

  • What is the term for an asteroid that crosses Earth's orbit?

    Apollo asteroid

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Styx?

    Pluto

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Aegaeon?

    Saturn

  • In which year did the Chelyabinsk meteor event occur?

    2013

  • Which asteroid, discovered in 1801, was initially classified as a planet before being reclassified as an asteroid?

    Ceres

  • What is the name of the first asteroid discovered?

    Ceres

  • In which year did the first spacecraft successfully land on an asteroid?

    2001

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon named Gonggong?

    Haumea

  • What is the name of the asteroid that was visited by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft?

    Steins

  • What is the name of the Japanese spacecraft that returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu?

    Hayabusa2

  • What is the approximate size of the largest known M-type asteroid?

    250 km

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called Menoetius?

    617 Patroclus

  • What is the estimated total mass of all asteroids in the Solar System?

    4% of the Moon's mass

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called Nix?

    Pluto

  • What is the name of the first known Earth Trojan asteroid?

    2010 TK7

  • What is the smallest known asteroid?

    1991 BA

  • Which asteroid was discovered first?

    Ceres

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a moon called S/2008 (309) 1?

    Fraternitas

  • What is the name of the asteroid that has a crater named after Ray Bradbury?

    Bradbury

  • Which asteroid has a highly elongated orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than Mercury?

    3200 Phaethon

  • What type of asteroid is Vesta?

    Protoplanet
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