If There Are at Least a Million Asteroids, How Did

question 17

Multiple Choice

If there are at least a million asteroids, how did spacecraft like Galileo survive their trip through the asteroid belt?

• A) NASA sends its spacecraft above and below the orbits of the asteroids in the belt to avoid collisions
• B) spacecraft use a magnetic repulsion tool to make sure asteroids do not come too close
• C) although there are many asteroids, they are widely spaced (there is lots of space between them)
• D) the known asteroids are typically less than a centimeter across, so they do not represent a danger to spacecraft
• E) you can't fool me, NASA has lost over a dozen spacecraft to collisions with asteroids

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