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Exploring the Solar System: Beyond Planets to Asteroids and Comets

Delve into the realm beyond planets to discover dwarf planets, asteroids, meteoroids, meteors, meteorites, comets, and more. Learn about the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, the Kuiper Belt past Neptune, and the distant Oort Cloud. Reflect on the formation of the sun and how it influences the organization of these celestial bodies. By understanding the forces at play (hint: F=ma), we can appreciate the interconnectedness of the solar system.

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Exploring the Solar System: Beyond Planets to Asteroids and Comets

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  1. Other Stuff in the Solar System

  2. Dwarf Planets • Large objects orbiting the sun that do not have enough mass to be considered planets

  3. Asteroids • Small Solar bodies = space rocks • Three types: Carbon, Metalic, and Stony • Most lie between the sun and Jupiter

  4. Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites • Small asteroids = Meteoroids • When then enter the atmosphere of a planet the start to glow (friction). We see them as shooting starts; at this point they are Meteors • If the meteor survives impact on the planets surface, it becomes a meteorite

  5. Comets • Icy asteroids (frozen gasses) • Charged particles from the solar wind react with the ice, and create a glowing atmosphere around the comet and sometimes a tail

  6. Asteroid Belt • Between mars and jupiter there is a large ring of asteroids

  7. Kuiper Belt • Past Neptune there is another ring of icy bodies (Pluto lives here)

  8. Oort Cloud • Much farther away there is a “cloud” of space dust and ice far away from our planets and sun.

  9. Putting it all together • Reflecting on how the sun’s formation releases a massive wave of energy, why does it make sense that the asteroid belt is followed by the Kuiper belt, and finally the Oort cloud? • (Hint F=ma)

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