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	Asteroid - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Asteroids are commonly classified into groups based on the characteristics of their orbits and on the details of the spectrum of sunlight they reflect.
		Note that the proportion of known asteroids falling into the various spectral types does not necessarily reflect the proportion of all asteroids that are of that type; some types are easier to detect than others, biasing the totals.
		Asteroids are on a crash course toward earth, locust-like insects inflict terrible pain on mankind, and a generalized madness infects the world's population,...
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /asteroid.htm (2697 words)

	Asteroid -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		An asteroid is a small, solid object in our (The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field) Solar System, orbiting the (A typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system) Sun.
		Asteroids are commonly classified into groups based on the characteristics of their orbits and on the details of the (An ordered array of the components of an emission or wave) spectrum of sunlight they reflect.
		Asteroid naming is not always a free-for-all: there are some types of asteroid for which rules have developed about the sources of names.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/as/asteroid.htm (3475 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Asteroid [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ironically, the first asteroid, 1 Ceres, was not discovered by a member of the group, but rather by accident in 1801.
		If so, then the observer of the final apparition is declared a discoverer, and he gets the honour of naming the asteroid (subject to the approval of the International Astronomical Union) once it is numbered.
		Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2061: Odyssey Three (1986) depicts a journey through the asteroid belt and its ominous parallels with the journey of the RMS Titanic.
	encyclozine.com /Asteroid (2517 words)

	93 Minerva
		93 Minerva is a large main belt asteroid.
		It is probably a C-type asteroid meaning that it has a primitive carbonaceous composition and dark surface.
		Watson on August 24, 1867 and named after Minerva, the Roman equivalent of Athena, goddess of wisdom.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/93_Minerva (108 words)

	Star Trek Mini-FAQ: Federation Member Worlds
		Penthara IV was struck by a type-C asteroid in 2368, resulting in an enormous dust cloud that blocked out most sunlight from its primary, dropping planetary temperatures below class M norms.
		Comments: The Tessen system is noted for the Pelloris Field, a belt of nitrium-rich asteroids which are home to a number of nitrium metal parasites.
		Starfleet, using the U.S.S. Enterprise-D, was able to destroy the asteroid in Tessen III's upper atmosphere by disrupting the rock with a particle beam ("Cost of Living" [TNG]).
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/1226/ufp-faq.html (4995 words)

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