Comets
How many parts do Comet have?
4
Most asteroids are located in the _____________.
Asteroid belt
The only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt is
Ceres
____________________ live in the asteroid belt.
Meteoroids
How many moons are in our solar system?
289
A comet only has a tail near the sun, which way does it point? How come?
Away from the Sun because of the Solar Winds
True of False asteroids are shaped like a ball (spherical)?
False
There are _____________many dwarf planets
5
A meteor shower is named for
The Constellation or star that it originates from.
Which planet has the most moons?
Saturn
Name all four parts of a comet?
Nucleolus, coma, gas/ion tail and dust tail
True or false : Some asteroids have moons?
True
True or False: four of the dwarf planets are in the Oort cloud.
False
__________________ are found in Earth's astomsphere, some people call them shooting stars.
Meteors
What Moon is the most Volcanic moon in the solar system?
IO
Short orbital period comets come from?
The Kuiper Belt
True or False: Asteroids move around the solar system?
False - mostly stay in the asteroids belt
What makes a dwarf planet a dwarf planet not a planet?
They do not maintain their own orbit.
____________________ are found on Earth.
Meteorite
Which moon is the Largest in the solar system?
Ganymede
Long Orbital period comets come from?
The Oort cloud
What are smaller than an asteroid?
meteoroid's
Pluto used to be a planet, which dwarf planet was discovered and made scientist question if Pluto was a planet?
Eris
True or False: The only different between a meteoroid, a meteor and a meteorite is location.
True
What is the name of our planet's moon?
La Luna