Asteroids, Comets and Meteors | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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The central part of the comet made up of frozen gases, ice and dust

nucleus

Many streaks of light observed in the sky

meteor shower

Origin of long-period comets

Oort Cloud

Kuiper Belt is located beyond _______.

Neptune

Region between Jupiter and Mars where most asteroids are located

Asteroid Belt

3 main parts of a comet

coma, tail and nucleus

Space rock fragments collected on the ground

meteorites

Origin of short-period comets

Kuiper Belt

The largest asteroid discovered by Guiseppe Piazzi

Ceres

Asteroid belt is found between_____and_____.

Mars and Jupiter

Also known as planetoids

asteroids

Also known as dirty snowball

comet

part of a comet that always points away from the sun

tail