SpaceTrivia

Space Trivia: Most interesting facts about. ..
On this page, please share the most fun and interesting facts you have learned about asteroids and comets!

What I find interesting is that we have space probes that are at the farthest reaches of our solar system,if they have not reached or left it already. Space probes Voyagers 1 and 2 are unmanned space craft. Voyager 1 was reaching what scientists called the "terminal shock" which is the outermost layer of our solar system a couple of years ago. Voyager 1 is over 9 billion miles from the sun. Both of these space probes were launched in 1977, and as far as scientists know they are still travelling to the outermost edge of our solar system. Mr. G Ft. Rucker Elementary

Asteroids - An asteroid is a large rocky object or very small planet (planetoid). Most asteroids orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. See if you can find out how big this asteroid is.

Comets

Nebulae - A nebula is a huge, diffuse cloud of gas and dust in intergalactic space. The gas in nebulae (the plural of nebula) is mostly hydrogen gas. The Orion Nebula is one of the most famous and easiest to see, even without a telescope!