Question 1

_______________ objects are asteroids with orbits that carry them into the inner Solar System.

Accepted Answer

Apollo-Amo

Question 2

What eventually happens to a comet when its orbit brings it into the inner Solar System?

Accepted Answer

A)  It builds up speed and increases its orbital period. 
B)  It is vaporized by the Sun, becoming inactive rock and dust. 
C)  It is pulled in by the gravitation forces of a Terrestrial planet. 
D)  It is blasted apart by asteroids within the asteroid belt. 
E)  It absorbs more ice and rock from asteroids within the asteroid belt. 
A)  It builds up speed and increases its orbital period. 
B)  It is vaporized by the Sun, becoming inactive rock and dust. 
C)  It is pulled in by the gravitation forces of a Terrestrial planet. 
D)  It is blasted apart by asteroids within the asteroid belt. 
E)  It absorbs more ice and rock from asteroids within the asteroid belt.

Question 3

_______________ are comets that come very close to the Sun.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _______________ are comets that come very close...

Question 4

Stony meteorites are common among falls.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Long-period comets originate in the _______________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Long-period comets originate in the _______________....

_______________ objects are asteroids with orbits that carry them into the inner Solar System.

What eventually happens to a comet when its orbit brings it into the inner Solar System?

_______________ are comets that come very close to the Sun.

Stony meteorites are common among falls.

Long-period comets originate in the _______________.

Here and Now

A Users Guide to the Sky

Moon Phases and Eclipses

Origins of Modern Astronomy

Gravity

Light and Telescopes

Atoms and Spectra

The Sun

The Family of Stars

The Interstellar Medium

Formation and Structure of Stars

Stellar Evolution

Deaths of Stars

Neutron Stars and Black Holes

The Milky Way Galaxy

Galaxies

Supermassive Black Holes and Active Galaxies

Modern Cosmology

Astrobiology

Earth- the Active Planet

The Moon and Mercury

Venus and Mars

Jupiter and Saturn

Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt

Astrobiology

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Exam 25: Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets

_______________ objects are asteroids with orbits that carry them into the inner Solar System.

What eventually happens to a comet when its orbit brings it into the inner Solar System?

_______________ are comets that come very close to the Sun.

Stony meteorites are common among falls.

Long-period comets originate in the _______________.

Here and Now

A Users Guide to the Sky

Moon Phases and Eclipses

Origins of Modern Astronomy

Gravity

Light and Telescopes

Atoms and Spectra

The Sun

The Family of Stars

The Interstellar Medium

Formation and Structure of Stars

Stellar Evolution

Deaths of Stars

Neutron Stars and Black Holes

The Milky Way Galaxy

Galaxies

Supermassive Black Holes and Active Galaxies

Modern Cosmology

Astrobiology

Earth- the Active Planet

The Moon and Mercury

Venus and Mars

Jupiter and Saturn

Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt

Astrobiology

Filters