Asteroids
What do Asteroids orbit?
The Sun
How many planets are in space
8
Fill in the blank A constellation is a _______ of stars
grouping
True or False.......
Black holes are points in space
True
Meteors are also know as
Shooting stars
What are Asteroids made out of?
small rocky objects
What is the smallest planet
mercury
What are constellations based on?
asterisms
How many types of Black holes are there
4
When a meteor survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground it is called a
meteorite
An example of where asteroids are found
orbital path of planets
Which planet is dusty, cold, desert, with a very thin atmosphere
mars
What is a star?
A star is any massive body of gas that shines by radiation from its internal energy sources.
what is the most commonly way a black hole forms
The death of a stellar star
A meteor shower happens when_______ passes through the path of a comet
Earth
True or False...
Asteroids are much smaller than other planets in our solar system.
True
What planets spins in the opposite direction from all of the other planets in the solar system?
Venus
Name 4 types of stars
photo star, T Tauri Star, Main Sequence Star, red giant, white dwarf, red dwarf, neutron star, and supergiant.
What is one type of layer in a black hole
the outer and inner event horizon, and the singularity.
True or False........
during a meteor shower, tens to thousands of meteors can be seen each hour.
Where do most planets in our solar system "live"?
Most of them live in the main asteroid belt a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Which planet was discovered in 1781?
Uranus
Modern astronomers divide the sky into _____ constellations with defined boundaries.
88
Name the four types of black holes
stellar, intermediate, supermassive, and miniature
meteors are caused by streams of ______ debris
cosmic