Pronunciation of the English word asteroid.
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1. | NASA has launched a probe called Dawn, whose mission is to travel to the asteroid belt. It will first travel to observe the asteroid Vesta. After collecting data from Vesta, Dawn will intercept with Ceres where it will observe its surface features and collect data about its chemical composition. | |
2. | Ida was the second asteroid to be observed close-up by a spacecraft, when the Space Probe Galileo took pictures as it flew by on Aug 28, 1993. These pictures showed not only that Ida has a cratered surface, but also that it has a small moon, called Dactyl, which is about 1.6 x 1.2 km in diameter and orbiting 90 km away from the asteroid. | |
3. | The asteroid, named ‘Oumuamua by its discoverers, is up to one-quarter mile (400 meters) long and highly-elongated—perhaps 10 times as long as it is wide. That is unlike any asteroid or comet observed in our solar system to date, and may provide new clues into how other solar systems formed. | |
4. | The asteroid broke up into small pieces as it entered Earth's atmosphere. | |
5. | A rogue asteroid from the Kuiper Belt is on a collision course with the Earth. | |
6. | An asteroid passed close to Earth on Saturday. | |
7. | This asteroid passed close to Earth. | |
8. | An asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk in Russia. | |
9. | The asteroid injured over a thousand people and broke many windows. | |
10. | The asteroid will arrive first-class at 10.45 a.m. |