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Space Debris
Yup.
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Astronomy
12th Grade
04/08/2013

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Term
Comet
Definition
  • Dirty Snowball
  • Mile-Wide
Term
Short Period Comet
Definition

 - Revolution Less than 200 years

 - Found in the Kuiper Belt

 - Passes by the planets on the way in

 

Term
Long Period Comet
Definition

Revolution more than 200 years

 - Found in the Oort Cloud

 - Enters from a variety of angles

Term
The comet changes once it passes ________'s orbit
Definition
Jupiter
Term
The comet's __________ is always opposite the sun
Definition
Ion Tail
Term
Period of revolution of a Short Period Comet
Definition
Less than 200 years
Term
Period of revolution of a Long Period Comet
Definition
More than 200 years
Term
Location of a Long Period Comet
Definition
Oort Cloud
Term
Location of a Short Period Comet
Definition
Kuiper Belt
Term
Meteor
Definition
small sand grain entering the atmosphere
Term
Meteorite
Definition
The one that makes it to the surface of the earth.

(THINK SMALLVILLE)
Term
Meteor
Definition
The one in Space
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