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Why do you think that some asteroids tumble end over end through space while other asteroids rotate around their axis?
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Why do you think that some asteroids tumble end over end through space while other asteroids rotate around their axis?

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Asteroids do this because of Newton's Third Law. When a asteroid hits something, it will keep on moving (spinning) until it hits something else. 
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