Asteroids, Meteors & Comets

Comet

A celestial object made of ice and dust that orbits the sun

Orbits the sun

A comet is much of ice and dust that ________ _____ ______

Nucleus, Coma & Tail

A comet's three components

Shooting Star

A meteor is commonly called this

Asteroids

A rocky mass that orbits the sun

Sun

Asteroids orbit this

Meteoroid

General term for a space rock particle

Circular Orbit; Elliptical

Here billions of comets move in nearly _____ _____ around the sun rather than in the _______ plane of our planets

Asteroid Belt

Most asteroids are found in the _________ between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter

Pluto

Oort Cloud is a region of the solar system far beyond the orbit of the this dwarf planet

Same plane

The Kuiper Belt has millions of ice comets which circle the _____ _____

Ceres

The largest asteroid on record

Kuiper Belt

This belt has millions of ice comets which circle the same plane

Points Away

When a comet comes near the sun, the "tail" always _______ _______ from the sun due to the solar winds

On the Earth's surface

Where does a meteorite land?

Oort Cloud

a region of the solar system far beyond the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto.