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Asteroids, Meteoroids, Comets

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What do you call people who study stars?

Astronomers

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Name TWO things by which astronomers classify stars.

Colour, surface temperature, brightness

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What is a constellation?

A groups of stars in the shape of animals or objects.

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Name THREE constellations.

Southern Cross, Great Dipper, Little Dipper, Orion, Signs of the Zodiac

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Between which TWO planets do we find the asteroid belt?

Mars and Jupiter

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True or false? The asteroid belt orbits the sun.

true

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What is the most common object found in space?

meteoroid

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What happens when a comet gets to close to the sun?

You'll see a long glowing tail (coma)

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Which celestial body is made of rocks, ice, frozen gas and dust?

Comet

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What do you call a meteoroid that falls to the earth?

Meteorite

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What do you call a meteoroid that is falling through the earth's atmosphere?

Meteor

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What are meteors sometimes called?

Shooting Stars

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What is the most common body found in outer space?

Meteoroid

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