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Whats a celestial that revoles around the Sun? And has a long tail? A comet!
What is a comet made of? Sharp nucleus or center.
What happens when a comet gets closer to the Sun? It becomes brighter from the solar heat.
Whats the most common group of comets? And what year? The Ikeya-Syeki of 1956.
Where is the location of comets? Its located way, way past were Pluto use to be.
What are the three largest asteroids? Ceres,Pallas, and Vesta.
What are some unusual asteroids made of? Iron-nickel alloy.
What kind of asteroids are related to the rarest type of meteorite class of all? Vesta.
Where is the location of asteroids? They can be found all over or near the asteroid belts between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
What planet has way more mass than an asteroid? The Moon.
Where is the location of meteors. Also in the asteroid belt.
What is a meteor? A meteor is a solid body that enters a planets atmosphere from space.
What kind of meteor has been seen to explode? They are called bolides.
What are Fainter meteors called and when do they occur? They can be known as shooting stars and they occur occasionally.
What is it called when hundred of meteors occur at once? A meteor shower.
How many years dose a Halley's comet occur? Every 75-76 years.
What is an Asteroid Belt? It is a region of space where millions of rocks can be found circling the Sun.
Are rocky asteroids found mainly in the Inner Asteroid Belt, or the Outer Asteroid Belt? The outer belt.
How do astronomers group or classify Asteroids? Based on the way they reflect sunlight.
Where do they come from? The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud.
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