Astronomy 101 Final Flashcards
What can you tell me about Asteroids in the solar system
Trojan, Amor, Apollo, Aten,
rocky
c, s, m type
what can you tell me about Meteoroids
smaller than asteroid
meteoroids meteor meteorite
what can you tell me about comets?
icy
2 types of tails
what can you tell me about the makeup of the solar system?
star inner asteroid belt outer Kuiper belt Oort cloud
What can you tell me about Catastrophic Theories of the Solar System
something that should happen differently based on the initial situaiton
What do we have to account for when we are concerning the origin of the solar system?
sun planet asteroid Kuiper belt Oort cloud
What can you tell me about Evolutionary theories for the formation of the solar system?
Something that will happen evey time
How could the sun have formed?
collapsing nebula
a slow rotating gas cloud
