Asteroids is also the first game to use Atari's " QuadraScan " vector-refresh system ; a full-color version known as " Color-QuadraScan " was later developed for games such as Space Duel and Tempest.

This blast was also featured on The Science Channel series Killer Asteroids, with several witness reports from residents in Atlin, British Columbia.

In 2010, the game was re-released in a Taco Bell promotion, in which a series of four classic Atari game CD-ROMs ( Centipede, Lunar Lander, Super Breakout, and Asteroids ) were given away in kids ' meals, and were also available for purchase separately.

Asteroids that have a 1: 1 orbital resonance with a planet are also called co-orbital objects, because they follow the orbit of the planet.

He is a member of the Cortina Astronomical Association ( Associazione Astronomica Cortina ) and is also a collaborator with the Minor Planet Center ( MPC ) at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory monitoring Near-Earth Asteroids brighter than magnitude 18. 0 V under the auspices of Division III of the International Astronomical Union at his own Pianoro Observatory ( MPC Observatory 610 ).

Many other arcade games during the golden age also had hardware unit sales at least in the tens of thousands, including Ms. Pac-Man with over 115, 000 units, Asteroids with 70, 000, Donkey Kong with over 60, 000, Defender with 55, 000, Galaxian with 40, 000, Donkey Kong Junior with 35, 000, Mr. Do!

Asteroids Deluxe also features various sound effects, most of which are implemented by its own circuitry but some sounds are generated using the Atari POKEY sound chip.

There was a home gaming system that used vector graphics called Vectrex as well as various arcade games like Asteroids and Space Wars.

While ostensibly very similar to Breakout – the layout, sound, and general behavior of the game is identical – Super Breakout is a microprocessor based game instead of discrete logic, programmed by Asteroids programmer Ed Logg using an early M6502 chip.

Asteroids are understood to be left-over planetesimals, gradually grinding each other down into smaller and smaller bits, while comets are typically planetesimals from the farther reaches of a planetary system.

Asteroids were found by obtaining four pictures ( frames ) of the same region of sky, each frame temporally separated by 15 to 30 minutes.

In 2001, Infogrames released Atari Anniversary Edition for the Sega Dreamcast and PC compatibles which included emulated versions of Asteroids and other classics.

Asteroids which approach it have their eccentricity slowly increased until they become Mars-crossers, at which point they are usually ejected from the asteroid belt by a close pass to Mars.

Asteroids are discovered by telescopes which repeatedly survey large areas of sky.

Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets is a book by John S. Lewis which discusses the development of interplanetary space within our solar system.

It was one of five minor planets included in the 1993 study, Transition Comets -- UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids, which was research involving amateur astronomers who were permitted to make use of the Hubble Space Telescope.

This category contains articles that are about entire groups of asteroids, but not about the specific asteroids that are in those groups themselves ; specific asteroids should be placed in categories named after the group they're in, which is then a subcategory of: Category: Asteroids.

It was one of five minor planets included in the 1993 study, Transition Comets -- UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids, which was research involving amateur astronomers who were permitted to make use of the Hubble Space Telescope.

The most successful arcade game companies of this era included Taito ( which ushered in the golden age with the shooter game Space Invaders and produced other successful arcade action games such as Gun Fight and Jungle King ), Namco ( the Japanese company that created Galaxian, Pac-Man, Pole Position and Dig Dug ) and Atari ( the company that introduced video games into arcades with Computer Space and Pong, and later produced Asteroids ).

At certain points in the game, the player has a choice of levels to choose from which may suit the weaponry on their ship, such as Asteroids 1 ( lots of big asteroids ) or Asteroids 2 ( few asteroids but lots of defensive turrets ) in Episode 1.

224 Oceana was one of five minor planets included in the 1993 study, Transition Comets -- UV Search for OH Emissions in Asteroids, which was research involving amateur astronomers who were permitted to make use of the Hubble Space Telescope.

** Asteroids ( clones include Stardust, Sinistar, Comet Busters !, and Minestorm, which was built into the Vectrex console )

Asteroids Deluxe replaces the hyperspace feature with shields which deplete with use.

Asteroids is a video arcade game released in November 1979 by Atari Inc.

The objective of Asteroids is to score as many points as possible by destroying asteroids and flying saucers.

The Asteroids arcade machine is a vector game.

That original Asteroids prototype board still exists, and is currently in Delman's personal collection.

Asteroids Hyper 64 is an update to the 1979 arcade shooter Asteroids released for the Nintendo 64 on December 14, 1999.

The vector technique is similar to the visuals of games such as Asteroids.

Lyle Rains was a senior executive at the arcade game company Atari and is sometimes, with Ed Logg, listed as a co-developer of the video game Asteroids.

* " I guess the way I describe it is that I'm the father of Asteroids.

Ed Logg is the mother of Asteroids, because he had to live with it for nine months and deliver a finished product.

Ed Logg, the creator of Asteroids and Centipede, is credited for Original Game Design of Gauntlet in the arcade version, as well as the 1987 NES release version.

The game is essentially an Asteroids clone with modern enhancements, such as power-ups, shields, a high-energy techno module soundtrack, vivid use of colors and the occasional tunnel section that revolves around a sphere.

Spheres of Chaos is a space shooter video game, created by Iain McLeod, with the basic gameplay being similar to the classic arcade game Asteroids.

This program is responsible for the discovery of several thousand asteroids of all types including a large number of Near-Earth Asteroids ( NEAs ), over 200 high inclination objects, other rare and unique orbital types of asteroids and 20 comets.

Maelstrom is a 1992 clone of Asteroids with an improved interface and better graphics.

The unit is set out as part of the Atari History Museum exhibits run by Curt Vendel, running with Space Invaders or Asteroids for show-goers to play.

The gameplay can be described as a Three-dimensional version of Asteroids, but instead of a ship, the player character is the child patient on a hoverboard.

" Asteroids was so popular that video arcade operators sometimes had to install larger boxes to hold the number of coins that were spent by players.

The gameplay in Asteroids was imitated by many games that followed.

Asteroids have been ejected from these almost empty lanes by repeated perturbations.

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* NEO News: Spaceguard Survey of Near Earth Asteroids David Morrison Tuesday, August 1, 2000 ( Discovery statistics by 2000 )

The first game produced by Ambrosia was Maelstrom, a remake of the Asteroids arcade game.

* Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets by John S. Lewis ; Perseus Publishing ; ( September 1997 ); ISBN 0-201-32819-4

Development was led by Eugene Jarvis, a pinball programmer at Williams ; Defender was Jarvis ' first video game project, and drew inspiration from Space Invaders and Asteroids.

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Introduction to Asteroids, by Clifford J. Cunningham ( 1988 ), Willmann-Bell Inc., Richmond, Virginia.

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Using the Tisserand parameter ( T-Jupiter < 2 ) there are currently 81 damocloid candidates ,< ref name =" jpl-search "> Search parameters used: Limited by object type / group: Asteroids and T-Jupiter < 2 </ ref > and about half of them still have poorly known orbits.

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Players controlled a star ship that moved by applying thrust, similar to the vessel from Asteroids, with the ability to fire straight-missiles and enter Hyperspace to avoid being hit.

* Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets by John S. Lewis ; Perseus Publishing ; ( September 1997 ); ISBN 0-201-32819-4