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Some Other Members of the Solar System
Some Other Members of the Solar System
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Asteroids, Comets, Meteors and Dwarf Planets
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Some Other Members of the Solar System
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Important Questions
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(a) The planet which is farthest from the Sun is _______.
(b) The planet which appears reddish in colour is ______.
(c) A group of stars that appear to form a pattern in the sky is known as _____.
(d) A celestial body that revolves around a planet is known as ______.
(e) Shooting stars are actually not ______.
(f) Asteroids are found between the orbits of _____ and ______.
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Name two objects other than planets which are members of the solar system?
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In our solar system, the inner-planetary region has chunks of matter ( much smaller in size compared to planets) called asteroids .They
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Shooting stars are actually not meteors.
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A meteor burns up on entering earth's atmosphere due to:
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Fill in the blank:
A shooting star is a _______.
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A heavenly body with a long tail is called a/an:
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State whether true or false :
Comets and meteoroids are also the minor members of the solar system.
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Name the comet which appears after every 76 years:
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The tail of a comet always points__________ .
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