The Triple Ms
The three M's in the correct order
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
The 8 planets in the correct order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is a constellation?
A group of stars that form an image or pattern
the average size of asteroids
3 ft to 600 miles in length
This planet was kicked out of the planet club because it froze :(
Pluto
It's a bird, It's a plane, NO its a shooting star!!! Could it be?
Shooting stars are meteors
The inner planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Constellations are named after characters from myths in these cultures
Greek and Roman
Comets are large rocks in space that are very icy and form these two things:
Coma and tail
A meteor that shines brighter than the planet Venus
Fireball
The three main types of meteorites
Stony iron (very rare), iron (rare), stony (common)
Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, MakeMake are all planets. Well almost, what makes them different?
Dwarf Planet-smaller size, being enough gravitational pull to somewhat stay in a oval(ish) shapes, cannot clear its orbital path.
The Leonid meteor shower happens in this constellation
Leo
The difference between the coma and tail
A coma is the atmosphere of a comet & the
tail is a formation of dust & gas behind it.
We only see this object every 75 years
Halley's comet
The cause of what appears to be "fire" surrounding the meteor. What cause it?
The friction created by the air when a meteor enters the atmosphere gives off heat and light. This makes it look
The outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The second meaning of a constellation (Hint: it has to do with astronomy)
The geographic location surrounding the constellation
Extremely large space rocks
Asteroid
A constellation known in greek mythology as a brave hunter who was killed by a scorpion
Orion
The difference between a meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite?
Meteoroid is a rock object in space, turns to a meteor when it enters our atmosphere, and once it hits the ground it becomes a meteorite.
These planets are known as gas giants
Saturn and Jupiter
The Geminid meteor shower happens in this constellation
Gemini
When can the tail of a comet be seen?
The tail of a comet can only be seen when it gets close enough to the Sun for it to be heated up.
The next time we will be able to see Halley's comet
2062