ESS Exoplanets Questions With Answers

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What are asteroids? - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅Small
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rocky objects that orbit the Sun, mostly located in the
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asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. || || || || ||




What is the size range of asteroids? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS(S)✅✅Asteroids range in size from 10 to 1000 || || || || || || || ||



km across. ||




What is the total mass of all asteroids combined? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅The total mass of all asteroids || || || || || ||



is less than that of Earth's Moon.
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Who discovered the first asteroid and what was its name?
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- CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅Ceres was discovered by
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Guiseppe Piazzi in 1801. || || ||




What are the two theories regarding the formation of the
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asteroid belt? - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅1) The belt is
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the remnant of a planet that broke up. 2) The belt
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consists of fragments that never formed a planet.
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, What is a comet? - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅A body of
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frozen mass with a highly elliptical orbit around the Sun,
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often referred to as a 'dirty snowball.'
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What are the main components of a comet? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS(S)✅✅Comets are mainly composed of frozen || || || || || ||



ice, frozen carbon dioxide, dust, and may contain
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methane gas, ammonia, and organic materials.
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What happens to a comet as it approaches the Sun? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅It develops a cloudy || || || || ||



atmosphere called a coma and two tails that always point || || || || || || || || || ||



away from the Sun.
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What is the Kuiper Belt? - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅A
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disk of small icy bodies that extends from approximately
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30 AU to 50 AU, containing short-period comets and
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objects like Pluto. || ||




What is the Oort Cloud? - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅A
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large spherical cloud surrounding the solar system,
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composed of icy bodies, ranging from 50,000 to 100,000
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AU.