This statistic displays the average orbital speed of selected valuable asteroids in the asteroid belt. The asteroid Alauda, which is estimated to have natural resources accounting for a value of more than 100 trillion U.S. dollars, has an average orbital speed of approximately 12.8 kilometers per second.
Average orbital speed of selected valuable asteroids in the asteroid belt
(in kilometers per second)
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Average orbital speed of selected valuable asteroids in the asteroid belt
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Financial Times. (March 29, 2018). Average orbital speed of selected valuable asteroids in the asteroid belt (in kilometers per second) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/949119/average-orbital-speed-valuable-asteroids-in-asteroid-belt/
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