asteroid
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In a classic episode, Elroy goes to an asteroid on a school field trip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
However, another theory proposed that a comet or asteroid impact over North America triggered the event.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
"Large impact basins or craters excavate deep into the asteroid, which gives clues about what its interior is made of," said Namya Baijal, a doctoral candidate at the LPL and first author of the paper.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
"We can't get to the cores of Earth or Mars or Venus, but maybe we can get to the core of an early asteroid."
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
The tip of a mountain hanging over New York City like a billion-ton asteroid?
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.