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Asteroids Comets Ohmy
Asteroids Comets Ohmy
Asteroids Comets Ohmy
Remember , no class
next Monday, Nov 11,
Veteran’s day
Natural:
Asteroids: small objects in orbit around the sun between Mars and Jupiter ,
seen only with telescopes
Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs): small objects orbiting on the outer fringe of
solar system
Meteors: debris
from comets, chips
of asteroids
Statistics: we estimate
there are as many as a
million larger than 1
km diameter
ISON:” International
Scientific & Optical
Network” , devoted to
monitoring the sky