1 / 6

Other Objects in the Solar System

Other Objects in the Solar System. BY: LINA ROCHAA!. ~ Comets ~. Made up of dust, rock particles, and ice. Comets have been observed for a long point of time. They have been watched since the ancient times, and were considered bad omens

jake
Download Presentation

Other Objects in the Solar System

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Other Objects in the Solar System BY: LINA ROCHAA!

  2. ~Comets~ • Made up of dust, rock particles, and ice. • Comets have been observed for a long point of time. • They have been watched since the ancient times, and were considered bad omens • They have 4 parts: Nucleus, Coma, Ion tail and Dust tail

  3. Jan Oort • He was a Dutch astronomer. • He was the one who said that BILLIONS of comets surround the solar system

  4. Meteoroids • Composed of the left over dust, and particles of a comet • Very small in size, its not harmful to Earth • Once a Meteoroid enters the atmosphere, its is a meteor • A meteorite is the piece of the rock that IMPACTS, and hits the ground on Earth

  5. Questions! • What is a meteoroid called once it enter Earth’s Atmosphere? • Who is Jan Oort?

More Related