1 / 20

Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Review

Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Review. Composition (what are they made of?. Asteroids. Asteroids are rocky worlds. Where are asteroids found?. Asteroids. Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. What are their shapes?. Asteroids. Asteroids are irregularly shaped. Asteroids.

hong
Download Presentation

Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Review

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors Review

  2. Composition (what are they made of? Asteroids Asteroids are rocky worlds.

  3. Where are asteroids found? Asteroids Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.

  4. What are their shapes? Asteroids Asteroids are irregularly shaped.

  5. Asteroids

  6. Dawn’s Virtual Flight Over the Asteroid Vesta. Asteroids

  7. Composition (what are they made of? Comets Water ice, dry ice, rocks, dirt, & gas (a dirty snowball)

  8. From where do comets start their journey to the Sun? Comets Orbiting the Sun in the Oort Cloud or Kuiper Belt

  9. Kuiper Belt beyond orbit of Neptune to 10,000,000,000 miles Comets Oort Cloud (6, 000,000,000 miles from Earth!)

  10. Parts of a comet. Comets

  11. Bright Tails, Black Hearts: Exploration of Comets. Comets Comet Hale-Bopp.

  12. Composition (what are they made of? Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites Iron & Rocks

  13. Where are they found? Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites Orbiting the Sun throughout the Solar System

  14. What is a meteoroid? This is what it is called when it is in outer space. Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites

  15. What is a meteor? Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites It is when the rock or dirt is traveling through the atmosphere.

  16. What is a meteor? Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites It makes a streak in the sky that lasts a couple of seconds.

  17. What is a meteor? Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites It is also called a “shooting star.”

  18. What is a meteorite? Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites It is when the rock hits the Earth.

  19. What is a meteorite? If it’s large enough, it can make a crater. Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites

  20. Spaced Out! Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites

More Related