Comets
comets are..?
A Large frozen mass of gas and dust. Thy have regular orbits around the sun! they are frozen masses of gas that include a nucleus.
What are the 3 different types of meteors?
A meteorite, meteoroid, and a meteor itself.
What are asteroids made up of?
Mainly Rocks and different metals!
comets are cold and light up on fire
FALSE
Are asteroids and meteors the same?
NO meteors are smaller asteroids!! They are not the same.
attributes and properties
Comets have a coma, nucleus, iron tail, gas tail, and a dust tail!
location of meteors?
Meteoroids are found in space and don’t enter the earths atmosphere!
where is the main asteroid belt located?
Between mars and Juipiter!
Meteoroids have a nucleus
FALSE
NO comets are cold and made of ice. They do not burn up but rather are freezing.
Where do comets come from?
Comets were formed billions of years ago said to be created by the Kuiper Betl and Oort Cloud!
What is the difference between meteors and meteorites?
Meteroids can be either larg or small and don’t enter the earths atmosphere! On the other hand, a meteorite has entered the atmosphere and starts to vaporize.
What does a asteroids rotation look like?
Comets have a elliptical orbit
TRUE
no asteroids, meteors, and comets are made from the Kuiper Belt
FALSE The Kuiper Belt created them!
what are they made of?
Comets are made up off frozen and cold mass unlike asteroids and meteors
How big or small can meteors be?
A meteor can be as small as sand, or a large as a boulder. The size varies on each meteor
where did asteroids come from?
Asteroids come from giant clouds of gases and materials that formed together!
A comet was made from the Kuiper Belt?
TRUE
where are meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites located in space?
Meteoroid- found all the way in space furthest from out planet
meteor- found inside our atmosphere but still far away from our surface
meteorite- found in our surface very close to our planets ground.
What does comets orbit look like?
Comets have an elliptical orbit or an oval-shaped path!
what is it called when a asteroid is in the earths atmosphere?
A meteoroid!!
Comets are cold freezing objects that have a nucleus. While asteroids are just huge rocks and gases formed together with no nucleus!
The three types of meteors are comets, meteorites, and meteoroids
FALSE the three types of meteors are a meteorite, meteoroid, and a normal meteor.
Comets have a tail?
YES true they have a dust tail and a gas tail!