Space Rocks Review 2

Match it! Select the correct answer from the pull down...Good luck!

The planets that are found between the sun and the asteroid belt

Approximately how far is 1 AU?

This means to go straight from a solid to a gas. doesn't melt into a liquid first.

What hypothesis suggests the asteroid belt was made from a planet between Mars and Jupiter that exploded into thousands of pieces.

The meteor shower that occurs every August

What are all the gaseous planets located outside the asteroid belt called?

The center of a comet, made of ice and a large rock in the interior.

A ball of steam and dust coming from and surrounding a comet