The World of Comets
Published on Dec 04, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DEFINITIONS FOR LATER ON
- Solar wind: a fast moving stream of atomic particles (cont.)
- moving outwards from the sun
- (atomic particles are small bits of atomic things)
- And orbit is a revolutionary path around something
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COMETS ORBIT THE SUN, AND THE SUN'S SOLAR WIND PUSHES LOOSE PARTICLES
OFF THE COMET, MAKING A "TAIL" THAT PEOPLE NORMALLY SEE
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THERE ISN'T ONE SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT SPECIFIES HOW FAST
COMETS TRAVEL; IT DEPENDS ON THE COMET AND HOW BIG ITS ORBIT IS
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DID YOU KNOW COMETS ORBIT AROUND THE SUN?
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WHAT ARE COMETS MADE OF?
WATER ICE, HYDROGEN, CARBON, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, DUST, AND OTHERS
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THE COMET TAIL IS MADE OF LOOSE PARTICLES ON THE COMET
THAT ARE BEING PUSHED OFF THE COMET BY THE SUN'S SOLAR WIND
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SOLAR WIND IS A FAST MOVING STREAM OF
ATOMIC PARTICLES THAT GO OUTWARDS FROM THE SUN
Photo by VinothChandar
SITES:
- www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/comet
- Comets by Gregory L. Vogt
- "Comet" Encyclopedia Americana, Elizabeth Roemer
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FUN FACTS:
- A comet tail can stretch 10 MILLION MILES!!!
- 120 comets have close orbits to Jupiter
- Comets are rare
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