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Small Solar Objects
Small Solar System Objects
Question | Answer |
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Dwarf Planets | a objects that orbits the sun but is to small in size to become a planet |
Asteroids | a small rocky body orbiting the sun most to small to be considered dwarf planets of planets |
Comets | loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles whose orbit can be very long, narrow ellipse |
Meteoroid | chunk of rock and dust smaller than an asteroid |
Nucleus | solid inner core of a comet |
Kuiper Belt | region where most of the known dwarf orbit |
Coma | fuzzy outer layer of a comet |
Oort Cloud | region where most comets originate |
Meteorite | meteoroid found on Earth's surface |
Asteroid Belt | region of the solar system between Mrs and Jupiter |
Meteor | streak of light produced when a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere |