Ch 12 Dwarfs, Asteroids, And Comets Flashcards
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Chunk of meteor that falls to ground
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Meteorite
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A glas if light caused by an object entering atmosphere at high speed
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Meteor
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First to believe heaven and earth made of same materials
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Anaxagoras. Greek guy
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Where do meteorites originate
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Asteroid belt
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Effects of ?? Entering our atmosphere is what we see in meteor shower
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Comet dust
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Comets do not orbit sun as planets dot/f
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T random
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Comets from ? Have same orbit and same plane as planets
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Kuiper Belt
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Origins of ?? Were further out
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Kuiper belt. Oort Cloud comets are now further out
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Oort clouds were planetisLs that were
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Flung outward after forming between planets
