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'''Asteroids''' are chunks of solid matter of various shapes that are smaller than [[planet]]s.  
'''Asteroids''' are chunks of solid matter of various shapes that are smaller than [[planet]]s.  


== Asteroids in Real Life ==
*99942 [[Apophis]] is a 45-million-ton rock with a 1 in 45,000 chance of striking the [[Earth]] in 2036. <ref> http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/apophis/</ref>


== Asteroids in Science Fiction ==
== Asteroids in Science Fiction ==
Asteroids often appear in science fiction stories, both in our solar system and in other galaxies.
Asteroids often appear in science fiction stories, both in our solar system and in other galaxies. A common idea proposed by scientists and featured in science fiction is the mining of asteroids.


* [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids''.
* [[Isaac Asimov]] wrote ''Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids''.
* [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''Rolling Stones'' features prospectors in the asteroid belt.
* [[Robert A. Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein's]]  ''Rolling Stones'' features prospectors in the asteroid belt.
* [[Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back]]'s Hoth system contained an asteroid belt.
* ''[[Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back]]'s'' [[Hoth]] system contained an asteroid belt.
* [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] featured many asteroid belts in various episodes.  In one, the [[Enterprise]] had to race against time to drag an old nuclear-powered starship safely through an asteroid belt into the sun because parabolic orbits are unknown in the 24th Century.
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' featured many asteroid belts in various episodes.  In one, the ''[[Enterprise]]'' had to race against time to drag an old, nuclear-powered starship safely through an asteroid belt into the sun because parabolic orbits are unknown in the 24th Century.
* On [[Stargate]], the [[Goa'uld]] tried to wipe out Earth with a planet-killer asteroid.
* On ''[[Stargate]]'', the [[Goa'uld]] [[Anubis]] tried to wipe out Earth with a planet-killer asteroid primarily composed of [[naquadah]].


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Latest revision as of 18:36, 5 October 2011

Asteroids are chunks of solid matter of various shapes that are smaller than planets.

Asteroids in Real Life

  • 99942 Apophis is a 45-million-ton rock with a 1 in 45,000 chance of striking the Earth in 2036. [1]

Asteroids in Science Fiction

Asteroids often appear in science fiction stories, both in our solar system and in other galaxies. A common idea proposed by scientists and featured in science fiction is the mining of asteroids.


Notes