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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a Meteoroid? | the small rocky and/or metallic body that is one of countless numbers distributed throughout the solar system |
| what is a Meteor? | the passage of a meteoroid through the atmosphere as evidence by a brief streak of light (also called a shooting star) |
| what is a Meteorite? | the object that sometimes survives the passage through the atmosphere and lands on the surface(thing that killed the dinosaurs |
| what do Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites have in common? | inchargable penis something |
| How are stellar masses measured? | In units of the Sun’s mass (solar mass, M☉). |
| What is the Sun’s surface temperature, and how do we compare other stars? | About 6000 K; other stars range both above and below this value. |
| How do we measure the size (radius) of stars? | Relative to the Sun’s radius (solar radius, R☉). |
| How do we understand stellar internal structure? | By comparing other stars’ structures to the Sun’s internal structure. |