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What are asteroids, meteors, comets, and moons?
I will know the difference between moons, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites I will also know the reason for the different phases of the moon. What are asteroids, meteors, comets, and moons?
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Asteroids Rocky mass Revolves around the sun Usually in asteroid belt
All different sizes and shapes Can come into contact with Earth, but usually don’t.
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Meteoroids, Meteor, Meteorite
Small piece of rock moving in space Meteor Has entered Earth’s atmosphere Heats up as it moves Meteorite Has landed on Earth Causes craters
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Meteoroids, Meteor, Meteorite
Small piece of rock moving in space Meteor Has entered Earth’s atmosphere Heats up as it moves Meteorite Has landed on Earth Causes craters
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Comets Frozen Made of ice and dust Orbit in elliptical paths
Come from outside the solar system Have tails because of the sun
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Dwarfs planets and Pluto
What factors make Pluto different from the planets?
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Dwarfs planets and Pluto
What factors make Pluto different from the planets? Planets must: Orbit the sun Have enough gravity to pull itself into a spherical shape Have cleared everything else out of its orbital path.
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Extra resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAJHVII3_-0
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