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Asteroids
Comets
Meteors
Facts
Other st00f
100
Asteroids are better known by scientists as what?
What is a Minor planet
100
Comets become more brilliant in the night sky because they often "_____"
What is glow
100
People think that seeing this object brings good luck.
What is meteor.
100
You can knock a meteoroid off course by putting this item on it.
What is nuclear bomb
100
How many reindeers gotted blowded up in da firez?
What is 500
200
Asteroids were mostly named after "_______"
What is famous people, friends, and family
200
This man was not only a faithful Christian, but also a scientist who thought that comets, past and future, traveled in straight lines.
Who is Robert Hooke
200
An extra-spectacular meteor seen by observers over a large area.
What is a fireball
200
The process of knocking a meteoroid off course is called "____"
What is X-ray Slap
200
How many acres of trees got burned up?
What is 800,000 acres
300
Most asteroids have orbits between the planets "____" and "______"
What is Mars and Jupiter
300
Comets eject this substance in order to absorb energy from the sun which causes the substance to fluoresce.
What is gases
300
A meteor that can fall at any given time.
What is a sporadic meteor
300
The largest asteroid, which is the size of Texas, is named what?
What is Ceres
300
The three major types of meteors
What are stony meteorites, irons, stony irons.
400
The group of asteroids that orbits mars but doesn’t go by earth.
What is Mars-crossers
400
This part of the comet surrounds the nucleous
What is the coma
400
The August 12 meteors are called Perseids because they appear to be coming from the direction of the constellation "______"
What is Perseids
400
Some asteroids are probably just a bunch of loose "____", held together by their own gravity.
What is rocks
400
The gases on the type I tail of a comet are blown away by these
What are solar winds
500
Most asteroids have another "______" which is another asteroid.
What is a satelite
500
Comet Biela broke into two comets in this year.
What is 1846
500
Scientists think that the shower meteors are fragments from the breakup of "________"
What is comets
500
The average diameter of a comet nucleus
What is 50 miles
500
Many asteroids have this type of orbit
What is an eccentric orbit