Meteors,Meteorites,Comets, and Asteroid
The difference between a meteor and a meteorite?
A meteor burns or vaporizes when it enters Earth's atmosphere but a meteorite is when it lands on the ground
What is the biggest planet in the Solar System?
The biggest planet is Jupiter.
Why do eclipses happen?
An eclipses happens when on celestial body moves into the shadow of another.
What is the name of the Saturn's biggest moon?
Saturn's largest moon is Titan.
What is the name of the galaxy that we live in?
We live in the galaxy called The Milky Way.
What is a comet? Why is Hally's comet the most well known?
A comet is made out of dust, ice, and small rock particles. It's most well known because it can by the naked eye every 75 - 76 years.
What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
The smallest planet is Mercury.
What is the difference between a solar eclipses and a lunar eclipses?
A lunar eclipses is when the earth passes between the sun and the moon. Solar eclipses occurs when the moon passes between Earth and and the sun.
Which moon has the most unique shape?
The moon that has the most unique shape is Phobos.
Name all the planets in order.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
What is a small rock that enters a earths atmosphere?
It is a meteoroid.
What is the 7th planet in the Solar System?
The 7th planet in the Solar System is Uranus.
What is a Partial Lunar Eclipses?
It occars when the sun, earth, and moon are not perfectly
What is the biggest moon in the Solar System?
The biggest moon in the Solar System is Ganymede.
What is a Asteroid?
An asteroid is a chunk of rock and metal in outer space that is in orbit around the sun.
What is a Metallic Asteroid made of?
Is made up of mostly metalic,mainly iron and nickel but often have small amounts of stone mixed in.
What is the Great Dark Dot?
It is a big storm on Neptune.
What is a total Lunar eclipses (blood moon)?
It occars when the moon passes completely into earth's dark inner shadow
How many phases of the moon are there?
There are 9 phases of the moon.
What is the name of closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
The closest galaxy to the Milky Way is the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy.
Asteroids that form a scattered ring of asteroids that orbit the sun. The asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter.
How long does Uranus take to complete a full orbit around the sun?
It takes Uranus 84 years to do a full orbit around the sun.
What is a Partial Solar Eclipses?
It occars when the moon passes between the sun and the earth but is not perfect
What planets don't have any moons?
The planets that don't have any moons are Mercury and Venus.
What is the name of the largest star in the Milky Way?
The name of the largest star in the Milky Way is called UY Scuti.