degrees C. Many people dont know that over 50,000 small asteroids called meteors hit the Earth every year. These meteors are the outside layer of larger asteroids that have been chipped off or are the surface of other planets that have detached from their positions when hit with larger asteroids. Asteroids sometimes align with Earth when meteors flying through space collide with other asteroids in the belt causing pieces to break off and head in all directions. Sometimes these pieces just happen to get aligned with Earth. However, scientists are trying to discover a way in which they can detonate a nuclear bomb close to the asteroid causing it to change rotation and therefore change its course. This procedure is potentially very dangerous because if the asteroid explodes it will make even more of a mess when hundreds of pieces are then on course towards Earth. Asteroids are found all over space but are most abundant in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter; which is believed to have formed when Planet X exploded. This belt holds about 2000 asteroids, all of different shapes and sizes. The asteroid belt has its own gravitational pull and all of the asteroids in it revolve around the Sun. Although the majority of asteroids are found in this belt and are generally stuck in its gravitational pull, they are sometimes jarred from their positions from the impact of other asteroids. Although asteroids could destroy Earth if they come in contact with it, small meteors that hit Earth are found to be great discoveries. These small space rocks that have been chipped off of other planets such as Saturn or Mars are a great way of studying other planets surfaces without having to travel millions of miles for samples. They come to us. If it wasnt for asteroids hitting the Earth, we might not be here today. Millions of years ago when the Earth was forming it w...
