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It’s time to meet more asteroids in our solar system with The Nirks! Join Vincent as he introduces us to some of the most remarkable rocks discovered yet! We'll meet the youngest asteroids, Near Earth Asteroids, extrasolar or interstellar asteroids, asteroid/comet hybrids, peanut shaped asteroids, quadruple asteroids, asteroids with unknown elements on them, potato shaped asteroids and many more! Enjoy exploring the universe with The Nirks!
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Between Mars and Jupiter there is a large void
An area to study that astronomers enjoy
A gap with a ring made up of millions of planetoids
Or, also known as a belt of asteroids
Hurtling through space in their orbit round the sun
These large, irregularly shaped rocks have a lot of fun
Made up of different rocks and metals, each asteroid is unique
Let’s go out and find some and see who we can meet
CHORUS: Let’s go meet the asteroids
They’re oddly shaped rocks, they’re not spheroids
Careening through space in an expansive void
Most of them won’t hit us, so don’t be paranoid
Let’s go meet the asteroids! Let’s go meet more asteroids!
I’m Hektor, a peanut shaped asteroid and the largest Jupiter Trojan
Trojans are asteroids that orbit with Jupiter around the Sun
Head of the Hektor Family – a group of asteroids from the same collision impact
That’s how my moon Skamandrios that orbits me every 3 days came to be in fact
I’m Elektra, the first quadruple asteroid found
I have 3 moons, and my surface has traces of the building blocks of life OR organic compounds
A G-Type, water rich asteroid with unusually high density
In the outer main asteroid belt is where you can find me and my family
I’m (88705) Potato, yes, that really is my name
Named to commemorate the UN's 2008 International Year of the Potato, my claim to fame
My name also highlights that asteroids tend to look like lumpy potatoes in space
In the main asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars is where I find my place
CHORUS
Ka'epaoka' āwela – the Jupiter Trickster, that’s me
In a 1 to 1 resonance with Jupiter, but I move oppositely
I have a similar orbital period to Jupiter but orbit the Sun in retrograde or backward motion
I’m also not from your solar system, I’m of extrasolar origin
Polyhymnia, What am I made of? I’ll never tell you
I’m a CUDO – Compact Ultra-Dense Object its true
I’m so dense that scientists think I contain elements not on your periodic table
Orbiting in the main asteroid belt Come visit me if you’re able
I’m Glauke and I’m very slow
I take about 50 days to rotate once, you know
I have a unique tumbling rotation
The main asteroid belt is my location
Asteroids pass close by to Earth very often I’d say
These are known as NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS or NEA’s
Most are very small and would be harmless if they hit us
But a few, referred to as potentially hazardous, make Earth a little nervous
But not to worry, space centers around the world have telescopes that track them in the sky
Like the Mount Lemmon Survey that found 2026 JH2 which just passed by (May 18 2026)
ATLAS found 2024 YR4 that will pass in 2032 with a small chance of hitting Luna
2025 TF slipped by the Catalina Sky Survey and just missed hitting Antarctica (passing within 250 miles of)
CHORUS
We’re twin asteroids 2019 PR2 and 2019 QR6
We’re the youngest pair of asteroids discovered to exist
We likely broke off of the same parent asteroid about 300 years ago
NEA’s with an eccentric orbit that takes us close to Earth and as far out as Saturn we go
I’m Wilson-Harrington a Near Earth Object with a split personality
Discovered in 1949 as a comet initially
Then I was lost and rediscovered as an asteroid in 1979
In 1992, Scientists realized I was both of these, I’ll pass close by again on Halloween 2039
I’m Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt you see
As asteroids were first being discovered Ceres was first, Pallas second and I was number 3
When astronomers observed me very closely
They found a large indentation or crater that looks like someone took a bite out of me
4321 is my number designation
I’m Zero, Named after Zero Mostel so that my name completes a countdown, just for fun!
Let’s go meet the asteroids! Let’s go and meet some asteroids!
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