Space Flashcards
(3 cards)
1
Q
Asteroids
A
Rocky airless worlds which orbit our sun but are too small to be called planets
2
Q
Comets
A
Cosmic snowballs of frozen gases rocks and dust that orbit our sun and very elliptical paths
3
Q
What happens when comments come close to the sun
A
They heat up and spew dust and gases into a giant glowing head larger than most planets the dust and gases forms a tail that stretches away from the Sun for miles
