243 Ida () is an asteroid in the Koronis family of the asteroid belt.

This asteroid passed close to Earth.

S types are the most numerous kind of asteroid in the inner part of the asteroid belt.

An asteroid is a bit of rock.

The asteroid was first noticed on September 19.

An asteroid passed close to Earth on Saturday.

Asteroid 2709 Sagan is named in his honor.

The asteroid 951 Gaspra is named after Gaspra.

It was his first of two asteroid discoveries.

Apophis is an asteroid that was discovered in 2004.

Global warming or an encounter with a killer asteroid.

The asteroid 8450 Egorov is named in his honor.

The asteroid 2005 Hencke is named in his honour.

Yet that asteroid was only about 200 feet in diameter.

What would happen if a large asteroid struck the earth?

Indeed, in part because tsunamis are one of the risks of an asteroid collision, the Indian Ocean disaster has stimulated new interest in asteroid defense.

In space, the 852 Wladilena asteroid was named in his honor.

A large asteroid was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Hubble also discovered the asteroid 1373 Cincinnati on August 30, 1935.

The asteroid 1909 Alekhin was named in honor of Alexander Alekhine.

In 1998, an asteroid, 17744 Jodiefoster, was named in her honor.

Asteroid 4581 Asclepius approaches the Earth at a distance of 700,000 kilometers.

The asteroid broke up into small pieces as it entered Earth's atmosphere.

Ceres contains one third of the mass found in the asteroid belt.

The asteroid 2374 Vladvysotskij, discovered by Lyudmila Zhuravleva, was named after Vysotsky.

Scientists have proposed various ways to deflect an asteroid away from the Earth.

You've probably heard about the asteroid Apophis. If you haven't yet, you will.

238 Hypatia, a main belt asteroid discovered in 1884, was named for her.

The inner Solar System includes the four terrestrial planets and the asteroid belt.

)An asteroid discovered in the year 1879, 192 Nausikaa, is named after her.

NASA reported the an asteroid of the Big Ben size is approaching the Earth

Some Croatian citizens, however, didn't seem so thrilled, like Twitter user Asteroid B612 ( marina_b612)

The asteroid 25593 Camillejordan and Institute of Camille Jordan are named in his honour.

It is estimated to contain 1 of the total mass of the asteroid belt.

The asteroid 359 Georgia was named in his honour at the University in 1902.

Attaching solar sails to the asteroid could cause the Sun s particles to steer it along a different course. Others have suggested ramming a spacecraft or other object into the asteroid to alter its momentum.

The asteroid belt is located in the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

In 1986, when Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh discovered asteroid 3147, she named it 3147 Samantha.

An asteroid, 67085 Oppenheimer, was named in his honor, as was the lunar crater Oppenheimer.

Others have suggested ramming a spacecraft or other object into the asteroid to alter its momentum.

I think there's bigger chance of an asteroid hitting the earth tomorrow than Jannati losing _BAR_

The Chicxulub crater in Mexico may have been created by the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

The asteroid belt contains tens of thousands, possibly millions, of objects over one kilometre in diameter.

It was the second and final asteroid discovery by Hencke, who had previously found 5 Astraea.

Professor Hordley Was Brought Up to Have Total and Unquestioning Faith ... That an Asteroid Killed the Dinosaurs.