Meteoroids
Jett Gillespie
Types of meteoroids
* Iron, made of iron
*stony, made of stone
*Stoney-iron, a mix of both stone, and iron.
length of revolution (years)
where do meteoroids originate from?
* When the solar system was created
* Chunks of planets from when two collided and the debris floated off
What is the average size of meteoroids?
Before, scientist had to make rough approximations on how big one was. By, how many light years away it was, and if it was as big as an average star. After all that calculating one came out to be the size of a grain of sand. But, can vary and be bigger than that by a few millimeters.
Do meteoroids have rings?
although meteoroids are solid objects, they do not have rings. But recent evidence suggests that ring systems may be found around other types of astronomical objects, including minor planets, moons, and brown dwarfs.
Do meteoroids have moons?
Three distinguished characteristics of meteoroids?
* the fastest of the meteoroids can travel up to 42 kilometers a second, or 26 miles per second
*A small amount of meteoroids fly on a path that goes into the Earth’s atmosphere and then back out again, which are known as Earth grazing fireballs.
What are at least two missions that have explored it and the date the mission launched.
Picture citations
* Wikipedia. "Giant Impact Hypothesis." Wikipedia.org. N.p., n.d. Web.
* Nasa. "Meteors & Meteorites size variation." Solarsystem.nasa.gov. N.p., n.d. Web.