Solar System Debris (review from text) Flashcards
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Meteoroids
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Small rocky or metallic body moving through space away from Earth
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Meteors
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meteoroid that enters the earth’s atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.
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Meteorites
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A meteor that survives burning through the atmosphere and lands somewhere on Earth.
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Asteroids
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A rocky or metallic body that orbits the Sun, taming in size of 600 miles (1000 km)
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Comets
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Bodies of ice and dust that orbit the Sun
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Meteor Showers
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Event where a number of meteors are observed to radiate. Caused by streams of cosmic debris
