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Celestial Objects in The Solar System

The document provides an overview of celestial objects in the solar system, including comets, asteroids, meteors, and artificial satellites. Comets are icy remnants from the early solar system, while asteroids are rocky objects found mainly in the asteroid belt. Additionally, meteors are streaks of light from meteoroids entering the atmosphere, and artificial satellites serve various human-made purposes in space.

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Celestial Objects in The Solar System

The document provides an overview of celestial objects in the solar system, including comets, asteroids, meteors, and artificial satellites. Comets are icy remnants from the early solar system, while asteroids are rocky objects found mainly in the asteroid belt. Additionally, meteors are streaks of light from meteoroids entering the atmosphere, and artificial satellites serve various human-made purposes in space.

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Celestial Objects

in the solar system


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Comets
Comet tails are a defining feature of comets, Comets are considered “time capsules”
forming as the comet approaches the Sun. because they contain primitive material
When the Sun’s heat causes the comet’s icy from the early solar system (around 4.6
nucleus to sublimate (turn from solid to gas), billion years
gases and dust particles are released,
creating a coma and tails.

Comets are icy celestial objects that orbit the Sun. They are remnants
from the early solar system, made of ice, dust, and rocky materials, and
are often called “dirty snowballs.” Comets are fascinating because they
provide valuable insights into the solar system’s origins and evolution.
Asteroid Asteroids can
occasionally collide
with Earth, leading to
An asteroid is a small impacts, but most stay
rocky object that within stable orbits in
orbits the Sun, the solar system.
typically found in the
asteroid belt
between the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter.

Unlike comets, asteroids


do not have a visible
coma or tail because they
lack significant amounts
of ice that vaporize when
close to the Sun.
Meteors
When a Meteor Reaches the
Ground. If a meteoroid
survives its journey through Fun Fact
the atmosphere and lands on The light produced by a
Earth’s surface, it is called a meteor is the result of both
meteorite. the meteoroid’s heat and
the ionization of the air
around it.

Meteors are streaks of light that appear in the


sky when small space debris, such as meteoroids,
enters Earth’s atmosphere at high speeds. They
are often referred to as “shooting stars” or
Artificial Examples of Famous Artificial Satellites
Sputnik 1: The first artificial satellite launched by the
Satellites Soviet Union in 1957.
Hubble Space Telescope: Used for deep-space
observation.
International Space Station (ISS): A habitable artificial
satellite for space research.

Artificial satellites are human-made objects launched into space to


orbit around Earth or other celestial bodies. They are designed for
various purposes, such as communication, weather monitoring,
scientific research, and navigation.
Fun Facts about the celestial Bodies in
our solar system :
> Largest Asteroid: Ceres, the largest asteroid, is also classified as a dwarf planet.

> Halley’s Comet: The most famous comet, visible from Earth every 76 years, was last
seen in 1986.

> Artificial Satellites are human-made tools used for communication, weather
observation, navigation, and space exploration.

> Meteors are the streaks of light caused by meteoroids burning up in Earth’s
atmosphere.

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