Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets

Which objects below orbit the sun?

• Asteroid and Meteoroids

• Comets and Asteroids

• Meteoroids and Comets

• Asteroids, Meteoroids, and Comets

Where are the majority of asteroids in our solar system located?

• Beyond the planets in the Oort Cloud

• Revolving in elliptical orbits around the sun

• In the asteroid belt

• Floating near the planets

Which tail of a comet streams out and away from the sun?

• Dust tail

• Coma

• Ion tail

• Nucleus

An astronomer observes an object in the solar system that seems to orbit the sun. It is very small in size and made mostly of iron and nickel. What has the astronomer most likely found?

• Asteroid

• Meteoroid

• Meteor

• Comet

True or False: Asteroids are sometimes referred to as "dirty snowballs."

• True

• False