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The biggest one of these is located in Nambia, Africa.
What is a meteorite?
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Clyde Tombaugh discovered this planet in 1930.
What is Pluto?
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This is located between Mars and Jupiter
What is the Asteroid Belt?
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This is the reason why the area between Mars and Jupiter is called the Asteroid Belt.
What is because that is where most of the asteroids are located?
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This is a rocky mass up to several hundred kilometers wide that revolves around the Sun.
What is an asteroid?
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This is one reason why Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
What is it has an odd orbit or its orbit is tilted?
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This is formed when a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
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These usually burn up before they hit the Earth's surface.
What are meteors?
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These normally take place about once a year.
What is a meteor shower?
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These are usually discovered utilizing a telescope and photos.
What are comets?
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When Earth passes though the orbit of a comet, this happens.
What is a meteor shower?
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The biggest known meteorite on Earth weighs this much.
What is 60 tons?
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These are made of dust and ice.
What are comets?
300
It usually takes an asteroid this long to make one revolution.
What is 3 to 6 years?
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This is how Pluto is different from the outer planets.
What is it has a rocky surface instead of a gas one?
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The gravitational force of this planet keeps many asteroids from hitting Earth.
What is Jupiter?
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This is the next time (year) that Pluto will be closer to the Sun than Neptune.
What is the year 2227?
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This is the name for very bright meteors.
What are fireballs?
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A shooting star is really one of these?
What is a meteor?
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The smallest asteroids are this size.
What is pebble sized?
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This is the section of the Solar System that contains Pluto.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
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Pluto was in front of Neptune during which years.
What is 1979-1999?
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This is the name of another dwarf planet (besides Pluto) in our Solar System.
What is Eris?
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This is the name of another dwarf planet (besides Pluto) in our Solar System.
What is Eris?
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This can happen if you discover a comet.
What is it could be named after you?
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