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Meteors
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This planet has rings that are easily seen from earth.

Saturn

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What is Mrs. McCartney's husband's name?

Tyler

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This is a large rock that orbits the sun.
Asteroid
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How are comets different than asteroids?
They are made mostly of ice with dust and bits of rock
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What is a collection of planets orbiting the sun called?

solar system

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Days on this planet are very, very hot and nights are very cold.

Mercury

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What is the name of our galaxy?

Milky-Way

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Where is the asteroid belt located?
Between Mars and Jupiter
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What are the two main parts of a comet?
The tail and the head
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Piece of space debris that burns up in Earth's atmosphere

Meteor

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The only planet where water is found in great quantities

Earth

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What day is Christmas on?

December 25

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This is the name of the first and largest asteroid discovered.
Ceres
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What is located in the head of a comet?
The nucleus and the coma
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What is a meteoroid?
Particle in space that is too small to be an asteroid or a comet
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The fifth and largest planet is...

Jupiter

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Who just won the world series?

Atlanta Braves

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Asteroids orbit around what?
The Sun
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What can you tell from a star's brightness?

Its surface temperature

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What is a meteorite?
A meteor that survives the hot trip through the atmosphere and hits the surface of the earth.
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What planet is now not a planet?

Pluto

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What is 20 x 60?

1,200

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What is the Celestial Equator?

Projection of the Equator on to the Night Sky.

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Who was the first scientist to apply the laws of astronomy to comets?

Edmond Halley

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Where did Atticus visit a site on earth that was hit by a meteor?

Arizona

Meteor Crater in Arizona

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