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Comets
meteor/meteorites/meteor showers
astroids
Death of dinosaurs
The Kuiper Belt and The Oort Cloud
100
The Nucleus and come
What is the head of a comet
100
Small rock or particle of debris in our solar system
What is a Meteoroid?
100
the region between Mars and Jupiter where most astroids orbit.
What is an astroid belt?
100
65million years ago
how long ago did dinasours become extinct?
100
just past neptune, and around 30 to 50 AU from the sun
Where is the Kuiper belt located?
200
It's molecules and dust particles reflect sunlight to us
why can we see the coma?
200
a Meteoroid that survives falling through the earths atmosphere and colliding with the earth.
What is s meteorite?
200
In 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi
When was the first astroid discovered?
200
The edge of the Yucatan peninsula
Where was the meteor creator discovered?
200
10,000 to 100,000 AU from the sun
Where is the Oort cloud located?
300
Comet tails are between 10^7 and 10^8 kilometers long or sometimes 1 AU
What is the length of a comet tail typically?
300
When earth passes through a trail of debris left by a comet or asteroid
When does a meteor shower occur?
300
Ceres
What is the name of the first astroid discovered?
300
Russian Astronomer, Joseph Shklovsky
What scientist was the first to discover that the extinction came from one single catastrophe?
300
That is where the suns influence and gravitational pull ends
What does the edge of the Oort Cloud mean?
400
Halley's comet, Comet Hale Bopp, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
What is the name of three famous comets
400
a meteoroid's speed is usually 50km/s
What is a meteoroid's typical speed?
400
Usually from 2.2 to 3.3 AU
At what distance do Astroids orbit the sun?
400
Iridium
What rare metal was found?
400
The Kuiper Belt has most trans-neptunian objects such as pluto and other dwarf planets
What does the Kuiper Belt have that the Oort does not?
500
The Oort Cloud, or the Kuiper Belt found beyond the planet of neptune and the dwarf planet pluto.
Where are comets believed to originate?
500
a foot thick coating of kevlar
What is protects the international space station from meteoroids?
500
Carbonaceous astroids, silicaceous astroids, metallic astroids
What are the three different classifications of asteroids?
500
The Oort Cloud
Where do Long period comets come from