What are Asteroids?
Pieces of rocks
Mini planets/planetoids
Balls of gas
Asteroids...
Orbit the sun
Orbit the moon
Orbit the earth
Where are Asteroids found?
in an ‘asteroid belt’
in orbit around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter
near the black hole
orbiting the moon
What are Comets?
Small rocks
balls of ice and dust
Comets orbit the sun in a circle shape
The speed of a comet increases when it is near the sun. Why?
because the strength of gravity increases.
because the heat increases kinetic energy
because the strength of gravity decreases.
NEO stands for Near Earth Orbits
How can humans deflect a NEO?
By explosions
By reflecting light onto it
By sending up a rocket to pull it away
Jupiter has a very large..
gravitational field strength
surface area
mass
