Exam 12: Dwarf Planets and Small Solar System Bodies

When a comet comes close to the Sun,its volatile ice sublimates and transforms directly from the solid to __________ phase.

The mass of Pluto is approximately 1 percent times the mass of the Earth.

Which of the following is the BRIGHTEST part of a comet?

Comet nuclei,absent their tails,are very dark because

Meteorites contain clues to all of the following EXCEPT

Comet Halley has a period of

Eris is classified as an asteroid even though its mass is 28 percent larger than Pluto's mass.

The one orbital characteristic both short- and long-period comets share is

Meteorites are more likely to come from asteroids than comets.