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Enha Sci (Q2 - Asterioids And Comets)

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By: Sophia Leigh Mancao
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Asteriods
Are large irregular chunks of met...,
Some appear to be rocky while oth...,
Most of them lie in the asteroid ...
11  cards
Characteristics
Most asteroids are shaped but som...,
Was discovered in 1933,
There are also where two equal si...
4  cards
ASTEROID CHARIKLO
Orbits the sun between neptune an...,
Another asteroid exist with six t...
2  cards
ASTEROID PALLAS
Is named after the alternate name...,
It has a very irregular shape and...
2  cards
VESTA
The brightest asteroid and believ...
1  cards
TROJANS
Are asteroids that share the orbi...,
They do not collide with the plan...,
The make up the largest populatio...
4  cards
C TYPE (CHONDRITE)
The most common,
Mostly composed of carbon compoun...,
Clay and stony silicate rocks are...
4  cards
S TYPE (SILICACEOUS)
Are greenish to reddish in color,
They are composed of magnesium si...,
They are dominant in the inner as...
3  cards
M TYPE (METALLIC ASTEROIDS)
Are reddish in color,
They are made up of nickel and ir...,
Rare types also exist like the de...
3  cards
NASA's GALILEO in 1991
The first spacecraft to take a cl...,
It also discovered the first moon...
2  cards
NEAR EARTH ASTEROID RENDEZVOUS (NEAR)
Last 2001 a spacecraft intensifie...,
It is the first spacecraft to lan...
2  cards
HAYABUSA
Last 2006 japan s spacecraft was ...,
It brought home samples from the ...
2  cards
NASA'S DAWN MISSION
Last 2007 began exploring the ast...,
Is the first spacecraft to orbit ...
2  cards
COMETS
At first glance they may be misid...,
Both orbit the sun and have irreg...,
And are not massive enough to be ...
3  cards
ANATOMY OF COMETS
A comet is mostly ice,
It is made of dust carbon dioxide...,
It is completely frozen when it i...
4  cards
Nucleus
Is like a dirty snowball made of ...,
As a comet approaches the sun it ...
2  cards
СОМА
It is a mixture of gases like wat...,
Since gases are lighter than othe...
4  cards
HEAD
It formed together with the coma ...
1  cards
TAIL
It appears as it approaches the sun,
The tail which is lighted by the ...,
As the comet orbits the sun it re...
8  cards
THE COMETS' PLACE OF ORIGIN
Comets come from a region in spac...,
Most comets originate from a regi...,
Named after the american dutch as...
12  cards
Predictions
An english astronomer wondered in...,
He noted that other comets seen h...,
He was inspired by his friend isa...
3  cards

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