PPT-Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets

Unit 4 Appearances of comet Kohoutek 1973 Halley 1986 and HaleBopp 1997 caused great concern among superstitious Comet Hyakutake in 1996 Throughout history comets have been considered as portents of doom even very recently . & Meteors. Lectures will be available at: . homework.uoregon.edu. /pub/. elsa. /. haydock. / . Asteroid Belt Basic . Characteristics. Estimated 1 million are ~1km or larger; millions more are . smaller. 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”. 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.. Comets and Their Significance. In the past, people dreaded comets as omens of human disasters such as wars or famines.. Today we know that . comets. are icy members of our solar system that have highly elliptical orbits.. foldable. 6.8 Space Science. Label and color your 3 doors. Fold your paper hamburger style. Cut and label THREE doors, so you will make two lines. Try to make them as even as possible.. 1. Comet. 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. Solutions. 1. Describe . the focus of comparative . planetology. and discuss its importance to solar system studies. .. Comparative . planetology. is . the approach we use to study and understand our solar system. Leah Salditch . February 27, 2017. Mars Final Project . 3 main types of meteorites. Iron. Stony-Iron. Pallasite. Mesosiderite. Stony. Chondrites. Achondrites. Pallasite. Achondrites. Basaltic. Common, comprise ~5% of all meteorite findings . Ellen Howell (Arecibo Observatory) and Amy Lovell (Agnes Scott College). Hyakutake. Comets: where do they come from?. Icy bodies ejected during giant planet formation. Remnants of early solar system. Asteroids. Over 100,000 asteroids.. Vesta is the largest – 330 miles. in diameter.. Size range – 330 miles to about. 100 yards.. Irregular-shaped rocky bodies.. Some asteroids have moon(s).. 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?. Facts. Comets, like asteroids are small celestial bodies that orbit the sun. However, unlike asteroids comets are made mostly of frozen ammonia, methane or water, and contain only small amounts of rocky material.. Emma Galligan. 10/1/21. Motivation. Personal:. 2. HST. ESA/. Rosetta. /NAVCAM. E. . Kolmhofer. Scientific:. Lawrence Livermore Nation Lab. N = R* × f. p. × n. e. × f. l. × f. i. × f. c. × L. Section 4. Prentice Hall Earth Science. 23.4 Objectives. Identify . location within our solar system where most asteroids are found. Describe . the structure of a comet. Explain . the possible origins for a meteoroid.