1. The first asteroid, 1 Ceres, was discovered on Jan 1, 1801, who discovered it? Giuseppe Piazzi Edwin Hubble WIlliam Hershel Issac Newton

2. Asteroids are sometimes called _____________. Planetoids Planets Small stars Are not called anything else

3. The main asteroid belt is situated between _______________. Mars and Jupiter Jupiter and Saturn Earth and Mars Sun and Mercury

4. What was the name of the second asteroid discovered? Pallas Juno Vesta Eros

5. With the exception of Comets (being named after the person that finds them)minor planets are the only astronomical objects that may be named after living people. True False

6. Asteroids that come within the orbit of the Earth at their perihelions (closest approach to the Sun) are known as ___________ asteroids. Aten Apollo Trojan Amors

7. Asteroids that are always closer to the Sun than the Earth are called __________ asteroids. Apollo Amor Trojan Aten

8. What asteroid is dog-bone shaped? 1566 Icarus 10 Hygiea 216 Kleopatra 15 Eunomia

9. If all of the asteroids were lumped together, they would make a planet bigger than Jupiter. True False

10. Which minor planet (asteroid) reaches the greatest brilliance (as seen for the Earth)? 3 Juno 1 Ceres 2 Pallas 4 Vesta

11. What asteroid did the NEAR Shoemaker mission recently land on? 243 Ida 3 Juno 433 Eros 951 Gaspra

12. Most meteorites probably originate from the asteroid belt. True False

13. The Galileo spacecraft had encounters with two asteroids while enroute to Jupiter, what are the names of the asteroids? 2062 Aten and 4 Vesta 52 Europa and 911 Agamemnon 2212 Hephaistos and 511 Davida 243 Ida and 951 Gaspra

14. Which asteroid was discovered to have its own satellite? 951 Gaspra 3 Juno 433 Eros 243 Ida

15. How many asteroids have diameters greater than 240 kilometers? 0 16 9 27

16. Between the main concentrations of asteroids in the main belt are relatively empty regions known as the _______________. Cassini's division Kirkwood gaps Van Allen belts Kuiper belt

17. What asteroid is believed to be associated with a meteor shower? 3554 Amun None 3200 Phaethon 2060 Chiron

18. The majority of asteroids fall into which three categories? C-type; S-type and M-type R-type, S-type and C-type Type 1, 2 and 3 C-type, H-type and L-type

19. What are NEO's? Near Earth Orbits New Earth Objects Near Earth Objects Never Eat Onions

20. How do scientists know that some meteorites are from Mars? They are rust colored, like Mars None of the above They are labeled: Made on Mars Atmosphere of Mars matches atmosphere in some meteorites