I have a few questions I cant figure out help if you can.
1. Few_____ actually srick the Earth, beacuse most are small and burn up in the atomosphere.
2. The_____ ______ is a huge, sperical region at the outer edge of the solar system populated by many dark cold cometary nuclei, Sedna is the largest member of it found to date.
3. The_______ is the fuzzy spherical outgassing around the nucleus of a sun bound comet.
4. Most comets spent the majority of thier time beyond the orbit of Pluto yet many of thier orbits have _______ that are very close to the sun.
5. A _____ ________ is caused by an object (i.e. meteriod) interacting with the Earth's atmosphere and is proportional to the size of the object.
Thank you for helping.
2007-02-22 06:57:06 · 4 answers · asked by sugarsweet852001 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Meteors (not asteroid)
Oort cloud
Coma (not corona)
Perihelion
Ionization trail
The fourth statement is a bit redundant since the perihelion is, by definition, the arc of an orbit (of any orbiting body) closest to the Sun.
2007-02-22 07:28:13 · answer #1 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) METEOR (called a Metorite only if it lands)
2) Oort Cloud
3) coma
4) periapsis or pericentre
5) Ionization trail
2007-02-22 08:39:48 · answer #2 · answered by stargazergurl22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. asteroids, meteors
2. Oort cloud
3. corona
4. perihelions
5. size, brightness (not really sure on this one)
2007-02-22 07:02:17 · answer #3 · answered by words_smith_4u 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So now that you have the answers for your homework, have you learned anything?
2007-02-22 11:13:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋