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D.S.Q.:

D.S.Q.:. List as many characteristics as you can about the following: Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus List some important people or events about rocket science. Comets, Asteroids, & Meteors.

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  1. D.S.Q.: • List as many characteristics as you can about the following: • Mars • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • List some important people or events about rocket science.

  2. Comets, Asteroids, & Meteors In addition to planets and moons, the solar system contains many other types of objects, including comets, asteroids, and meteoroids.

  3. Comets • A comet is a small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust loosely packed together. • Known as “dirty snowballs.” • When a comet passes close enough to the sun, solar radiation heats the water ice so that the comet gives off gas and dust in the form of a long tail. • The ion tail consists of electrically charged particles of gas. Ion tail Dust tail nucleus

  4. Comet Orbits • The difference between the orbit of a planet and the orbit of a comet is that a comet's orbit is highly elliptical and a planet's orbit is only slightly elliptical, but more circular. • The comet’s ion tail always extends away from the sun. • This is because the ion tail is blown away from the sun by the solar wind.

  5. IS THAT A FACT! • When the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke apart and fell into Jupiter, some of the fragments generated explosions that produced fireballs larger than Earth.

  6. Asteroids • Asteroids are small, rocky bodies in orbit around the sun. • Have irregular shapes • Most asteroids orbit the sun in a wide region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, called the asteroid belt.

  7. Types of Asteroids • Outer region of the asteroid belt = dark reddish brown to black surfaces • A little closer to the sun = dark gray surfaces • Innermost part of the belt = light gray asteroids • Examples: Hektor, Vesta, and Ceres

  8. Meteoroids • A meteoroid is a small, rocky body orbiting the sun. • Meteoroids are similar to asteroids, but they are much smaller. • In fact, meteoroids probably come from asteroids.

  9. Meteoroids • If a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere and strikes the ground, it is then called a meteorite. • Stony,metallic, and stony-iron are the three major types of meteorites. • It travels at such high speeds that it heats up and melts. • As it burns up, the meteoroid glows red hot and gives off an enormous amount of light. • From the ground we see a streak of light or shooting star. • The bright streak of light caused by a meteoroid or comet dust burning up in the atmosphere is called a meteor.

  10. Meteor Crater • Planets and moons that have no atmosphere have many more impact craters than those that do have atmospheres. • Earth’s atmosphere acts like a shield.

  11. WEIRD SCIENCE • In 1954, Mrs. E. Hulitt Hodge, of Alabama, was struck by a meteorite as she was taking her afternoon nap. Bruised, but not badly injured, she is one of only two people known to have been struck by a meteorite.

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