Other Objects in Our Solar System
NOTES: Solar System Debris Comets: Nucleus is a dirty snowball (Whipple) from 1-10 km. We see ion tail, a veil of evaporated ions swept back by solar wind.
Comets, Meteors and Meteorites. Other objects in Solar System Asteroids in orbit between Mars and Jupiter. Comets (in highly eccentric orbits). Meteors.
1. Amor asteroid -an asteroid whose orbit crosses the orbit of Mars.
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Comets, Meteors and Meteorites
