Asteroids, Comets, and Meteoroids

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Made up of rock and frozen material

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid

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Small chunks of rock or metal in space

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid

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Stony or metallic object smaller than planets

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid

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Forms a bright tail

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid

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Comes in variety shapes and sizes - larger ones are usually spherical, others are elongated

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid

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Hale - Bopp is an example of:

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid

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Ceres, which is now considered a dwarf planet, was first thought as:

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid

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Once a meteoroid enters the earth's atmosphere and begins to burn, it will now be called:

• Meteor

• Meteorite

• Meteor Shower

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Tycho Brahe and Edmond Halley are some of the early scientists who worked on to study:

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid

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Giuseppe Piazzi is an Italian astronomer who discovered the first:

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Meteoroid