What are comets and asteroids and how did

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What are comets and asteroids and how did they form?

What are comets and asteroids and how did they form?

What are comets? • icy small Solar System body • displays a visible atmosphere

What are comets? • icy small Solar System body • displays a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. • Symbol foe comets = small disc with three hairlike extensions.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC • Nucleus is the core of a comet. • Cometary nuclei are

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC • Nucleus is the core of a comet. • Cometary nuclei are composed of an amalgamation of rock, dust, water ice, and frozen gases • Coma is produced from the steams of dust and gas forming a thin atmosphere around the comet.

What are asteroids? • Small rocky, metallic or both, that orbit the sun. •

What are asteroids? • Small rocky, metallic or both, that orbit the sun. • circle our central star known as asteroid belt. • Minor planets • Larger ones are called planetoids

CLASSIFICATION ORBITAL MECHANICS COMPOSITION However, it is more common to refer asteroids by their

CLASSIFICATION ORBITAL MECHANICS COMPOSITION However, it is more common to refer asteroids by their orbital characteristics

Asteroid Belt the asteroid belt contains millions individual objects. Solar System located roughly between

Asteroid Belt the asteroid belt contains millions individual objects. Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter asteroid or minor planets.

Trojan Asteroids the sun along the same path as one of the planets the

Trojan Asteroids the sun along the same path as one of the planets the sun on a similar orbital path as that of Earth in the vicinity. Earth trojans less energetically costly to reach than the Moon have a hundreds of times more distant.

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REFERENCES http: //space. about. com/od/asteroids/p/What-Are. Astwww. jwww. scienceclarified. com pl. nasa. gov/eroiden. wiki pedia. org/wiki/s. htmwww. google. com. ph/? gfe_rd=cr&ei=bpr w. U 5 r 7 ONC 1 k. AWaw 4 HACA&gws_rd=ssl#q=asteroids