Today’s Space Quiz Spread the love Welcome to your Comets, Meteors and Asteroids Which of these space objects is the largest asteroid in the solar system? Vesta Pluto Ceres Which statement is true? Pieces of the asteroid Vesta have landed on Earth. Meteorites break off of mountains on Earth. Meteorites are large balls of ice mixed with rocks and dust. What is a meteor A piece of space rock burning up in Earth’s atmosphere A piece of the Sun heading for Earth A star moving quickly across the sky What happens to a comet as it gets close to the Sun? It explodes. It melts and disappears. It forms long tails made of gas and dust. What did the space probe Rosetta do? It landed on an asteroid. It chased a meteorite. It studied and landed on a comet. What is the asteroid belt A ring of asteroids orbiting Earth An area in space where comets come from A ring of asteroids orbiting the Sun How big is the Hoba meteorite As wide as Texas As big as a basketball As big as a car What is a space object called when it lands on Earth? A meteoroid A meteor A meteorite The most famous comet, Halley's Comet, is due to return to Earth's sky in what year? 2051 2024 2061 The first recorded observation of Halley's comet was in AD 1066, during the Battle of Hastings 164 BCE by Babylonian astronomers 239 BCE by Chinese astronomers Time's up Lagrange Points | Parking place of Spacecrafts Why is the axis of Uranus so highly tilted? A possible way – Explained Space Debris Around the Earth Perseverance Rover and its findings in Mars The 5 weird objects in the cosmos to know Spread the love
