Solar System/NEO

In general, Comets travel faster than asteroids.

In Armageddon which government agency was responsible for the plan?

A 1908 explosion of a comet over _____, destroyed forest over an area the size of a major city.

A ___________________ is an asteroid that strikes Earth’s surface.

_________ rotates backwards and has an atmosphere which causes extreme greenhouse effects.

What is the name of the killer asteroid in the movie Armageddon?

Found beyond Neptune, this region contains almost all of the dwarf planets in the solar system.

In 2029, the asteroid __________________ is expected to come within 36,000 km of Earth.

How was the Earth threatened in the movie Armageddon?

Which of the following was NOT a name of one of the space ships in the movie Armageddon?

In what manner do the planets orbit the Sun?

___________________ originate in the Oort Cloud at the outer limits of the heliosphere.

____ are icy bodies that spend most of their lives beyond the orbit of Pluto in the Oort Cloud.

The collapsed piece of gas that formed our own solar system is called the _______________.

What type of crater is pictured?

What type of crater is pictured?

____________ are composed of dust and ice with a rocky core.

Asteroids that burn in atmosphere are referred to as ________________.

Evidence of craters can be found on all planets.

____________ is rock thrown from the crater of a meteorite.

What was the plan in the movie Armageddon?

Which compound can be found in comets?

________ has huge amounts of methane in its atmosphere.

How do the tail of comets form?

What is the smallest planet?

A 10-km wide asteroid is hypothesized to have caused a global extinction event _____ years ago.

Most Near Earth Objects come very close to Earth and almost impact.

____________ are small, rocky bodies that orbit the Sun mostly between Mars and Jupiter

______________ has hundreds of volcanic calderas.

_____ originate in Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune and return to inner solar system every few years.