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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. 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?. Jim Paradise. Lockheed Martin. Asteroid Belt (gold colored specs). Distance From Sun:. 260 Million Miles to center . over 166,000 asteroids. Largest: . Ceres 1/3 of all mass. 600 miles in . 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. Dan Britt. University of Central Florida. What Do We Need to Know About NEA Physical Properties?. Asteroid Structure. Rubble pile?. Coherent object?. Material Strength. Tough? Weak?. Mineralogy. Thermal Properties. 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. . : . a . new . tool. for ASTEROID . characterisaTION. ?. Stefano Bagnulo. 1. , Alberto Cellino. 2. , & Michael Sterzik. 3. 1: Armagh Observatory, UK. 2: INAF – . Osservatorio. . Astrofisico. di Torino, Italy. a storm of asteroids.. Here, an artist shows how a big impact on the young Moon might have looked. The asteroids broke apart when they hit the Moon..   . Illustration Credit:  Lunar and Planetary Institute. 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?. 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).. of 40 asteroids. Dave Herald. An overview of recent results. Why are diameters important?. Diameters are a primary characteristic of asteroids. Several Infra-red satellite missions have measured diameters for 1000’s of asteroids. Comets and asteroids are particularly interesting because of their resemblance to . planetisimals. : the building blocks of the Solar System.. Asteroids are rocky, and most are found between Mars and Jupiter.. .. 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 ” . .