science Flashcards
anything that orbits the sun is part of it
solar system
in what year did the IAU come up with the classification of bodies not moons and planets in our solar system
2006
bodies that are remnants from the formation of the solar system and contains hydrogen and helium
comets
comets orbit the sun and have?
visible atmosphere(coma)
name parts of a comet
- ion tail
- trail of dust
- nucleaus
- coma
- hydrogen envelope
means long haired
dust tail kometes
vapor cloud surroding the nucleus
coma
trails of plasma
ion tail
named after dutch astronomer gerard kuiper and is a donut shaped region of icy bodies which is home to pluto and arrokoth
kuiper belt
parts left over from the formation of the solar system
kuiper belt
big thick bubble around our solar system name after dutch astronomer hendrik oort
flat plane
oort belt
famous comet because it marks the first time astronomers understood comets
halley’s comet
remnants of dust from comets and asteroids and glows bright when friction
meteoroids
tail formed by burning in the atmosphere
falling star or meteorites
celestial event where a number of meteors can be seen
meteor shower
beautiful peaks during october and has hailey’s comet
orionid meteor shower
best meteor shower peaks mid august, comet swift turtle
perseid meteor shower
solid piece of debris
meteorites
most common type of meteorite
stony
equally proportioned to be stony and iron
stony iron
composed of iron and nickel, dense
iron
smal rocky heavenly bodies located between mars and jupiter
asteroid or planetoids