Most of these objects are believed to be carbonaceous C types. A study of the rotation curve for these objects supports the hypothesis that many of these may be rubble piles. A collection of these objects found at the fourth and fifth Lagrange points are called Trojans, and the largest home of these objects has gaps found at integer resonances named for Kirkwood. Unlike a similar class of object, these are not thought to have an icy core, and the impact of one of these objects is believed to have caused the Tunguska incident. Vesta and Ceres are, for 10 points, what large chunks of rocks, a ring of which orbit between Mars and Jupiter in a namesake belt?
Most of these objects are believed to be carbonaceous C types. A study of the rotation curve for these objects supports the hypothesis that many of these may be rubble piles. A collection of these objects found at the fourth and fifth Lagrange points are called Trojans, and the largest home of these objects has gaps found at integer resonances named for Kirkwood. Unlike a similar class of object, these are not thought to have an icy core, and the impact of one of these objects is believed to have caused the Tunguska incident. Vesta and Ceres are, for 10 points, what large chunks of rocks, a ring of which orbit between Mars and Jupiter in a namesake belt?
Most of these objects are believed to be carbonaceous C types.
{Asteroid}s [prompt on "small Solar System body" or "minor planet"]