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WHAT ARE COMETS AND ASTERIODS? HOW DO THEY FORM?

WHAT ARE COMETS AND ASTERIODS? HOW DO THEY FORM?. By: Maria Angelika E. Espeno Envi Sci 7. Things we are going to discuss:. Comets Asteroids 1. Examples 1. Examples

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WHAT ARE COMETS AND ASTERIODS? HOW DO THEY FORM?

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  1. WHAT ARE COMETS AND ASTERIODS? HOW DO THEY FORM? By: Maria Angelika E. Espeno Envi Sci 7

  2. Things we are going to discuss: • Comets Asteroids 1. Examples 1. Examples 2. Formation 2. Formation Awww.kidsastronomy.com www.kidsastronomy.com

  3. What are “Comets” • planetesimal • “dirty snowball” • Oort Cloud & Kupier Belt • Long haired star How is a comet formed? created by the collapse of a giant diffuse of cloud dust 4.6B years ago

  4. Examples of Comets • Comet West • Comet Halley

  5. Comet Halley • Edmund Halley

  6. Comet West • November 5, 1975 • Richard West

  7. What is an asteroid? • Large rock in outer space • “planetoid” • THE ASTEROID BELT: • Contains 40,000 asteroids • Found in between Mars and Jupiter

  8. Examples of Asteroids • Ida & Dactyl • 2001KX76 animationplaza.com

  9. Ida & Dactyl • Ida- A unique asteroid • Dactyl- Ida’s moon

  10. 2001 KX76 • Also known as “The New Asteroid King” apod.nasa.gov

  11. FORMATION OF COMETS & ASTEROIDS • ASTEROIDS-left over material from the formation of our planets • COMETS-collapse of a giant diffuse of cloud dust 4.6 billion years ago!

  12. SOURCES OF INFORMATION • http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/asteroids.html • //www.kidsastronomy.com/comets.htm • //www.kidsastronomy.com/asteroid.htm http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/comets/halley.html www.fallofathousandsuns.com/comet-west.html

  13. SOURCES OF IMAGES • www.kidsastronomy.com • apod.nasa.gov • astronomycafe.net • www.tenfactsabout.co.uk • wisegeek.com • http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/olaf • www.dailygalaxy.com

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