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Astronomy #2

What are comets? Orbit the sun and are made up of frozen gases. The comet’s tail always points away from the sun because of the solar wind (radiating heat waves)
What are meteoroids? left over pieces of a comet’s tails floating in space. Meteor is when the pieces enter the Earth’s atmosphere where the burn up. Occasionally a Meteor will strike the Earth, then it is called a Meteorite
All planets orbits are ______? ellipses (ovals)
The Earth rotates on its axis once every ___ hours? 24
When does solstice occur? When the sun is at its most northern point (over Tropic of Cancer)
What does The Impact of Theory state? That the Moon formed when a large object struck the Earth and material from inside the Earth was ejected out in space and this material formed the moon
The Moon's gravitational pull causes the _____? Tides
Apollo 11 was the first _____ landing? Moon
The right side of the moon is visible (lit) during the ________ ________? Waxing Phases
The left side of the moon is visible (lit) during the _______ _________? Waning Phases
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