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[Show more]Where do you expect to find short-period comets in the solar system? Kuiper Belt 
How big is the nucleus of a comet? A couple of kilometers in diameter 
Where do you expect to find long period comets in the solar system? Oort Cloud 
What direction does the ion tail point toward? Always directly away...
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Add to cartWhere do you expect to find short-period comets in the solar system? Kuiper Belt 
How big is the nucleus of a comet? A couple of kilometers in diameter 
Where do you expect to find long period comets in the solar system? Oort Cloud 
What direction does the ion tail point toward? Always directly away...
angle the opening between two straight lines that meet at a point. 
angular diameter (angular size) the arc angle across an object. 
annular eclipse an eclipse of the Sun in which the Moon is too distant to cover the Sun completely so that a ring of sunlight is seen around the Moon at mid-eclipse. 
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Add to cartangle the opening between two straight lines that meet at a point. 
angular diameter (angular size) the arc angle across an object. 
annular eclipse an eclipse of the Sun in which the Moon is too distant to cover the Sun completely so that a ring of sunlight is seen around the Moon at mid-eclipse. 
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The earth is made mostly of rocky material and metals such as iron, whereas jupiter is motly hydrogen and helium. What is the main reason that Earth's composition is different from Jupiter's? Compared to Jupiter, Earth formed in a hotter region, where only rocks and metals could exist as solids 
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Add to cartThe earth is made mostly of rocky material and metals such as iron, whereas jupiter is motly hydrogen and helium. What is the main reason that Earth's composition is different from Jupiter's? Compared to Jupiter, Earth formed in a hotter region, where only rocks and metals could exist as solids 
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Rank the objects based on their distances from Earth, from farthest to nearest. Fartest 1. Star on far side of Andromeda Galaxy 2. Star on near side of Andromeda Galaxy 3. Star on far side of Milky Way Galaxy 4. Star near center of Milky Way Galaxy 5. Orion Nebula 6. Alpha Centauri 7. Pluto 8. The s...
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Add to cartRank the objects based on their distances from Earth, from farthest to nearest. Fartest 1. Star on far side of Andromeda Galaxy 2. Star on near side of Andromeda Galaxy 3. Star on far side of Milky Way Galaxy 4. Star near center of Milky Way Galaxy 5. Orion Nebula 6. Alpha Centauri 7. Pluto 8. The s...
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