Meteoroids Meteorites Comets Asteroids 2015 Scott Stein My

Meteoroids Meteorites Comets Asteroids. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Meteoroids A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic object traveling through space Can be as small as sand or as large as 3 feet. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Micrometeoroids A micrometeoroid is a tiny meteoroid that weighs less than 1 gram (small paper clip). – Are also known as Space dust which can be found blocking the light of galaxies & Nebulae 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Asteroids Large space rocks. larger than 3 feet: to 600 miles across: ile m 00 s 6 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

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Question: What is the Difference between Meteoroids, Meteors & Meteorites? Answer: Meteoroids, Meteors & Meteorites are the same object. They have different names depending on their position. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites A meteoroid is a space rock. A meteor is a space rock in the Atmosphere. A meteorite is a space rock that hit the Earth. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Meteors When a space rock enters Earth’s Atmosphere, the friction as it falls through air produces heat and light. The light being created is called a meteor. The rock itself is still called a meteoroid. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Meteorite A Meteorite is the rock that remains after hitting the Earth. There are three Main types: Stony Iron (Most rare) Iron (Rare) Stony (Common) 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Question: What is a Shooting Star? Answer: A Shooting star is a Meteor Video: What is a Shooting Star? 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Meteor Showers are events where many meteors can be seen in the sky. Can produce between a few meteors per hour to 1, 000 meteors per hour. Perseid Meteor Shower Seen from Snowy Range in Wyoming 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Lyrids: Meteor Shower Can be seen between April 16 – 26 each year. Usually peaks around April 22 nd. Generates between 5 – 20 meteors per hour So named because they can be seen in the constellation Lyra. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Perseids: Meteor Shower Can be seen from mid July to late August. Usually peaks around August 9 th to 14 th. Generates between 80 – 200 meteors per hour So named because they appear to originate in the constellation Perseus. However they can be seen anywhere in the sky. Video: Perseids Meteor Shower 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Orionids: Meteor Shower Can be seen through October 16 – 27 And peak on October 21 st. Generates between 20 - 70 meteors per hour So named because they appear to originate in the constellation Orion. However they can be seen anywhere in the sky. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Leonids: Meteor Shower Can be seen from November 15 th – 20 th. Usually peaks around November 18 th. Generates between 80 – 200 meteors per hour So named because they appear to originate in the constellation Leo. However they can be seen anywhere in the sky. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Geminids: Meteor Shower Can be seen between December 7 th – 17 th And peak on December 14 th. Generates between 75 – 200 meteors per hour So named because they appear to originate in the constellation Gemini. However they can be seen anywhere in the sky. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Fireballs A fireball meteor is any meteor that shines brighter than the brightest planet: Venus. Videos: Fireball over Concert Fireball over Texas 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Bolides / Detonating Fireballs A Bolide is a very bright fireball that explodes in the atmosphere, which is why its also called a detonating fireball. Videos: The Tunguska Event https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ers 5 RTBIDr. E 2013 Russian Meteor 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Comets A Comet is a rock in space that is very icy and forms a coma and a tail. Some comets originate from the Kuiper belt. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

The Oort Cloud Most comets come from the Oort Cloud, a region of space far beyond the Kuiper belt, which has billions of comets. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Comets: Coma’s and Tails A coma is the atmosphere of a comet & the tail is a formation of dust & gas behind it. tail Coma 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Comets Tail Formation A tail forms due to the heat of the Sun evaporating frozen gases and releasing dust. The tail always points away from the Sun because the Sun’s cosmic wind pushes it away. 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella

Comet Tail Formation: The tail of a comet can only be seen when it gets close enough to the Sun for it to be heated up. Video: What are Comets? 2015 © Scott Stein My Banana is a Pink Umbrella