59.73 – KNOWLEDGE SPRINKLES

from one business

from one of the many businesses

from at least that many people

that many of the people

many of the people

from just one to many more

from one business

from one asteroid to another

from me on this asteroid to you on that one

from all of us on Asteroid 5973 to

How many known asteroids are there in the Solar System?

1 million 302 thousand 718 asteroids

from one of the many businesses

from one business to the next

from one planet to the next

from one asteroid to the next

What is the total weight of all asteroids in the Solar System?

It is less than the weight of the Moon.

from at least that many people

there are at least as many people as there are businesses

some people own more than one business though

some people have lived on more than one planet

What are asteroids sometimes known as?

Asteroids are sometimes called minor planets.

that many of the people

many of those who had owned businesses

many of those who had lived on other planets

some but not too many

What is the largest known asteroid?

Asteroid Vesta is the largest, with a diameter of some 530 km.

from just one to many more

one thing takes us to another

one business took him to another

one asteroid took him to the next one

I know that some asteroids have their own moons.

That’s right, over 150 of them, and some asteroids are known to have 2 moons.

Audio Credits: NASA

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