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| These types of stars become white dwarf stars and then black |
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| this is the part of a comet that begins 3 AU's away from the sun |
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| these types of stars become either neutron stars or black holes |
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| Red color stars have mainly _____ wavelengths (hint: go back to the beginning of the semester) |
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| After hydrogen converts into helium as a low mass star begins to die, the helium is eventually converted into ___ which cannot convert. Gravity then collapses it. |
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| This type of magnitude is determined from 32.6 |
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| Mr. Christy found this satelite of Pluto. |
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| When the center of a large mass star becomes ____ it can no longer ignite because it has more neutrons than protons and gravity then collapses it from the size of Earth to 6 miles wide in less than one second. |
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| When the exterior of meteoroids heat up and produce a light _______ are then formed. |
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| This is the greater meteor shower that occurs in December |
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| the asteroid______is located 2.5 AU from sun. |
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| This cloud of a comet is approximately 6 million miles in size. |
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| This comet can be seen every 76 years. |
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| These are solid pieces of space debris, asteroids or nebulae and are only on the outside-exterior-of the earth |
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| Stars are determined by their size, _____and how far away they are from the sun. |
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| This occurs as a large mass star begins to die and carbon is changing into heavier elements |
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| Our galaxy is called the ____ ______. |
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| This person cleaned telescopes at the Lowell Observatory in Illinois and found Pluto. |
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| Comets _____ survive forever. |
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| The nucleus of a comet is approximately .06-____ miles. |
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| As a low mass star begins to die and helium is burning it reaches triple alpha process when it reaches one ____million k. |
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| The number 134340 is associated with what? |
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| Pluto being a dwarf planet |
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| The first asteroid, now a dwarf planet is___. |
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| Ceres-discovered by Piazzi |
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| These are mostly frozen water and gases. |
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| this part of the comet that defines it begins 1 AU from the sun. |
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| This person found the first asteroid. |
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| This crater caused by a meteorite is found in Winslow, AZ |
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| C, S and M are three types of _____. |
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| classifications of asteroids |
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| Our _____ appears to be the brightest apparent magnitude. |
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| The reason pluto in not a planet is because it doesn't clear the ____. |
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| move so fast they leave inner solar system after one pass by the Sun and take 1m-30 million years to return |
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| this star has the brightest absolute magnitude. |
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| Stony, stony-iron and iron are three types of______. |
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| Asteroids are mostly ____and metals. |
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| This is the meteor shower that occurs in August. |
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| Pluto is now considered to be a ___planet. |
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| These are thought to be stars but are actually meteors. |
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| Fireballs, shooting stars, bolides |
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| Cooler stars are this color. |
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| The coma of a comet is approximately ___,000 miles. |
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| The ___ ___ is on its way to Pluto. |
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| This explosion occurs when gravity collapses a large mass star and is actually the most energy the star has produced its whole lifespan. |
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| The most stable part of a comet is the ___. |
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| A short period comet comes from the ___ belt. |
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| this is the gap in the asteroid belt between Mars & Jupiter. |
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| the tail of a comet is always ___ from the sun. |
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| Stars that are stable and mature are likely a ____ sequence star. |
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