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Meteor
Meteorite
Meteroid
Asteroids
Comets
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from a greek word meteoron which means phenomenon in the sky.
how do you think scientist named meteors?
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Craters
What does meteorites create when they hit earth?
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A small rock or particle of debris in our solar system
What is a meteoroid?
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Between mars and Jupiter
Where is the asteroid belt located?
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The tail gets larger
What happens to the tail of a comet when it's near sun?
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it cast a shadow on earth which is called a fire ball.
What does a meteor do when it produce enough light?
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how many meteorites hit earths surface every year?
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It starts to burn up
What does a meteoroid do once it hit earths atmosphere?
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Around the sun
Where does asteroids orbit at near the earth?
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A nucleus and coma
What does all comets have?
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by cosmic debris
how are meteor showers created?
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the sony meteorites, iorn meteorites, and stony- iron meteorits.
What is three broad categories on meteorites?
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26 miles per hour
What is the fastest meteoroid has gone through earth?
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Less than Ceres
What is total mass of all asteroids combined together?
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Oort cloud
What does some comets come from?
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from a grain of sand to a baseball
What is the range of the sizes of meteors?
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they are named from places they were found.
how are meteorites named?
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smaller
is a meteoroid smaller or larger than an asteroid?
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Minor planets
What are asteroids?
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It loses most of its ice
What happens when a comet passes close to the sun?
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asteroids
when the larger meteors break off what do they create?
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mor than 24,000
how many meteorites you think are known they landed on earth?
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it collids with earths surface?
What does a meteoroid do when it survives when it hits the earth?
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Ceres aka moon
What is the biggest asteroid?
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A nucleus and coma
What does all comets have