PPT-Asteroids

amp Meteors Lectures will be available at homeworkuoregonedu pub elsa haydock Asteroid Belt Basic Characteristics Estimated 1 million are 1km or larger millions more are smaller. In this lesson, we are . going to be comparing comets, meteors, and asteroids which are found . in the Solar System. . Essential Question:. What is the difference between a comet, meteor, . and asteroid?. Unit 4. Appearances of comet Kohoutek (1973), Halley (1986), and Hale-Bopp (1997) caused great concern among superstitious.. Comet Hyakutake in 1996. Throughout history, comets have been considered as portents of doom, even very recently: . Decameter-scale Asteroids. Andrew Rivkin (JHU/APL). Target NEO 2 Workshop. Washington DC. Getting us on the same page. Compositions/albedos/densities/etc. go together, often assume other pieces when only one thing known. Asteroids. Composition (what are they made of?. Asteroids are rocky worlds.. Asteroids. Where are asteroids found?. Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.. Asteroids. What are their shapes?. Comets. one of the most glorious things to see in the sky is a comet.. May be visible for only days, weeks, or months. Comet. : chunks of ice and dust whose orbits are very long, narrow ellipses.. Think of them as a “dirty snowball”. shinning universe . there are billions of stars , millions of meteors, . hundreds of stars. , plenty of planets, many moons , a unique sun and many more celestial bodies. . Information for this PowerPoint obtained from: . NSTA Online Module: Solar System: . Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites . NASA. ESA. Windows2Universe.org. This is a meteorite that had been broken off of Mars from a large impact meteorite. It spent millions of years in space before landing in Antarctica.. What will we bring back? . Paula Lindgren. School of Geographical and Earth Sciences University of Glasgow. SPACE Glasgow Research. . C. onference. University of Glasgow. 2. 8. th. Oct 2014. Asteroids. I. Comets. A. What is a Comet?: . It is a small body orbiting the Sun that develops a ______ (a fuzzy atmosphere) and/or a ____ as it approaches the Sun. Comet nuclei range from _____________. __________. . I. Comets. A. What is a Comet?: . It is a small body orbiting the Sun that develops a ______ (a fuzzy atmosphere) and/or a ____ as it approaches the Sun. Comet nuclei range from _____________. __________. . shinning universe . there are billions of stars , millions of meteors, . hundreds of stars. , plenty of planets, many moons , a unique sun and many more celestial bodies. . th. , 2018. Pre-Class:. Where do we find asteroids in our solar system?. http://. www.esa.int. Comet 67P/. Churyumov-Gerasimenko. seen from . Rosetta. In This Lesson:. Solar System Debris. (Lesson 2 of 2). Chapter 20. A loose collection of ice, dust and small rocky particles. Orbits are very long and narrow ellipses. Comprised of 2 parts: Head and Tail. Originate from either Kuiper belt or . Oort. cloud. .. They have also been called . planetoids. , especially the larger ones. Formation. The most obvious and general thought . “ A Planet would some how been destroyed millions of years and that resulted to asteroid belts ” . .