Comets Flashcards
1
Q
the first discovered asteroid?
A
ceres
2
Q
Can get “ejected” out of the Solar System due to
high velocity after interacting with a big planet.
A
comets
3
Q
what happens to comets that lack coma
A
turn to asteroids
4
Q
refers to the atmosphere of a
comet which develops when it passes by the
sun and warms up.
A
coma
5
Q
What do you call planets that contain
traces of methane?
A
jovian planets
6
Q
Those that only appear every 200 to thousands to
millions of years are known as
A
nonperiodic comets.
7
Q
Halleys comet named after
A
Edmond
Halley
8
Q
Only two is visible to the human eye every year.
A
only one
9
Q
comets are made up
mostly of
A
gasses.
10
Q
Asteroids are made up of
A
solid materials
11
Q
They heat up due to friction when entering an
atmosphere.
A
meteoriods
12
Q
glowing tail is known as
A
bulalakaw
13
Q
A
