Other Celestial Objects Comets, Asteroids, Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites.
Debris Asteroids Comets All can potentially become meteorites (shooting stars) The solar system’s...
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Debris • Asteroids • Comets All can potentially become meteorites (shooting stars) The solar system’s very own “left- overs.”
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Debris
• Asteroids
• Comets
All can potentially become meteorites (shooting stars)
The solar system’s very own “left-overs.”
Comet ImpactComets are likely
responsible for bringing
the materials necessary
for life to evolve on
earth.
(water, ices and
organic molecules)
A Tale of TailsI. Gas Tail Points Away From
The Solar Wind
(charged particles, ions)
II. Dust Tail Points Along
The Orbital Path
(neutral debris, dust)
Web ResourcesComet Observations
http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov
Minor Planet Center
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfs/ps/mpc.html
Satellite Tracking Information
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/rocket_sci/satellites
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/vsohp/satintro.html