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Small Bodies of The Solar System

The document discusses small solar system bodies such as dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and meteorites. It describes the key characteristics of dwarf planets like Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake. Comets are described as icy bodies that develop a coma and tail as they approach the sun. Asteroids are smaller rocky bodies that orbit the sun, and are categorized into C-type, S-type, and M-type based on their composition. Meteoroids become meteors as they burn up in Earth's atmosphere, and meteorites are meteoroids that reach the ground. The objective is to educate students about the diversity of bodies in the solar system

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Small Bodies of The Solar System

The document discusses small solar system bodies such as dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and meteorites. It describes the key characteristics of dwarf planets like Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake. Comets are described as icy bodies that develop a coma and tail as they approach the sun. Asteroids are smaller rocky bodies that orbit the sun, and are categorized into C-type, S-type, and M-type based on their composition. Meteoroids become meteors as they burn up in Earth's atmosphere, and meteorites are meteoroids that reach the ground. The objective is to educate students about the diversity of bodies in the solar system

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SMALL

BODIES OF
THE SOLAR
SYSTEM
Adriana Rivera Landrau
Andrea Alvarado Marrero
OBJECTIVE

o THE OBJECTIVE IS FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SO


MUCH MORE IN OUR UNIVERSE APART FROM THE PLANETS AND
THE SUN
DWARF PLANETS
o A DWARF PLANET IS A BODY THAT ORBITS THE SUN AND
HAS ENOUGH MASS TO BE ROUND, BUT HAS NOT
CLEARED ITS ORBITAL PATH

o KNOWN DWARF PLANETS ARE LOCATED IN THE ASTEROID


BELT AND IN THE KUIPER BELT

o DWARF PLANETS ARE MADE OF ROCK AND ICE


ERIS
o IS THE MOST DISTANT DWARF PLANET FROM THE SUN
AND HAS THE GREATEST MASS

o IT IS THE SECOND LARGEST DWARF PLANET

o IT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED FPR THE POSITION OF


TENTH PLANET
HAUMEA
o IS UNIQUE IN ITS ELONGATED SHAPE MAKING IT
THE LEAST SPHERICAL OF THE DWARF PLANETS

o IT IS THE THIRD CLOSEST DWARF PLANET FROM THE


SUN

o IT HAS A DARK RED SPOT


MAKEMAKE
o IT IS THE SECOND FURTHEST DWARF PLANET FROM THE
SUN

o IS THE THIRD LARGEST DWARF PLANET IN THE SOLAR


SYSTEM

o IT IS THE SECOND BRIGHTEST KUIPER BELT OBJECT


AFTER PLUTO
CERES
o IT IS THE CLOSEST DWARF PLANET TO THE SUN

o IT IS THE ONLY DWARF PLANET IN THE INNER SOLAR


SYSTEM

o IT IS THE SMALLEST OF THE BODIES CURRENT


CLASSIFIED AS DWARF PLANETS

o IT HAS A MYSTERIOUS WHITE SPOT

o IT IS THE ONLY DWARF PLANET WITH NO MOONS


PLUTO
o IT IS THE SECOND CLOSEST DWARF PLANET TO THE
SUN

o IT WAS CLASSIFIED AT ONE POINT AS THE NINTH


PLANET

o IT HAS FIVE KNOWN MOONS

o IT IS THE LARGEST DWARF PLANET

o IT IS ONE THIRD WATER


COMETS
o A COMET IS A SMALL BODY OF ICE, ROCK, AND DUST
THAT FOLLOWS AN ELLIPTICAL ORBIT AROUND THE
SUN. IT ALSO GIVES OFF GAS AND DUST IN THE FORM
OF A COMA AND TAIL AS IT PASSES CLOSE TO THE
SUN
SINGLE
APPARITION
SUN GRAZING
COMETS
DEAD COMETS
EXOCOMETS
ASTEROIDS
o AN ASTEROID IS A SMALL, ROCKY OBJECT THAT
ORBITS THE SUN

o MOST OF THEM ARE FOUND IN THE ASTEROID BELT,


SOME ARE FOUND IN THE ORBITS OF PLANETS AND
SOME CROSS THE ORBITS OF EARTH AND VENUS
C-TYPE
o ARE THE MOST COMMON

o THEY ARE CARBONACEOUS AND CONSIST OF CLAY


AND SILICATE ROCKS

o THEY ARE THE FURTHEST RROM THE SUN

o THEY CAN CONTAIN UP TO 22% WATER


S-TYPE
o THEY ARE SILICATE AND ARE MADE UP OF STONY
MATERIALS AND NICKEL-IRON

o THEY INHABIT THE INNER ASTEROID BELT


M-TYPE
o THEY ARE METALLIC AND ARE MADE UP MOSTLY OF
NICKEL-IRON

o THEY ARE FOUND IN THE MIDDLE REGION OF THE


ASTEROID BELT
METEOR
o A METEOR IS A BRIGHT STREAK OF LIGHT THAT RESULTS
WHEN A METEOROID BURNS UP IN EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE
METEOROID
o A METEOROID IS A SMALL, ROCKY BODY THAT
TRAVELS THROUGH SPACE
METEORITE
o A METEORITE IS A METEOROID THAT REACHES EARTH'S
SURFACE WITHOUT BURNING UP COMPLETELY

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