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- if the asteroid is in space with no forces around it, it wants to keep doing what? what science vocab is that?
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According to Newton's first law of motion, an object in motion will stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. In space, if there are no forces acting on the asteroid, it will maintain its state of motion. The science vocabulary related to this is inertia, which is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion.
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It will keep moving in a straight line at a constant speed. The science vocab is inertia.