It is believed that the end of the dinosaur was caused by an Asteroid colliding with the Earth. Asteroids are a type of celestial bodies that rotate in the universe. Asteroids is smaller in size than planets and larger than meteorites. Such Asteroids have billions in our universe.

There are some interesting facts about Asteroids:

1. The asteroid belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in the solar system.

2. There are currently over 500,000 known asteroids in our solar system.

3. A car-shaped meteorite (asteroid fragment) falls into the Earth's atmosphere on average once every year.

4. The world's first human-discovered Asteroid was Ceres, which was discovered in 1801. This is the largest asteroid in our Solar System.

5. Every day more than 100 tons of asteroids and comets falls on our earth, most of these materials are destroyed due to friction from the Earth's atmosphere.

6. Asteroids vary greatly in size, some have a diameter smaller than ten meters while some may have a diameter of more than a hundred kilometers.

7. The asteroid contains many precious metals, which is worth billions of rupees.

8. Even if all the asteroids in our solar system are added together, even then it will be smaller than the Earth's Moon.

9. Many Asteroids also have their own moons.

10. The asteroid is like a comet but it does not have a tail like a comet.

11. The asteroid was first discovered in 1801 by Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi. Named Ceres, this asteroid has a diameter of about 950 kilometers and is now considered a dwarf planet.

12. Scientists believe that due to the long-term collision of these asteroids in the past, it has helped in the creation of the Earth.

13. According to scientists, these asteroids revolve around the Sun over a wide area of ​​hundreds of kilometers.