Tag: our earth and the space

Pluto has a highly tilted orbit, about $17^0$. This strange orbit gives Pluto some unusual characteristics, sometimes bringing it within the orbit of Neptune.

Answer is A.

The planet Pluto and objects beyond it are called Plutons and they are the new members of the solar system. The order of the Plutons is Pluto, Charon and 2003 UB.
Plutons have highly tilted orbits and take more than 200 years to revolve the sun.
Hence, the statement is true.

Shooting stars look like stars that quickly shoot across the sky, but they are not stars. A shooting star is really a small piece of rock or dust that hits Earth's atmosphere from space. It moves so fast that it heats up and glows as it moves through the atmosphere. Shooting stars are actually what astronomers call meteors. Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere before they reach the ground. However, once in a while a meteor is large enough than some of it survives and reaches Earth's surface. Then it is called a meteorite.
Hence, shooting star is a common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere, becoming a meteor.

Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust when passing close to the Sun, heats up and begins to outgas, displaying a tail. Comets have a wide range of orbital periods, ranging from several years to several millions of years. An example is the famous Halley's comet which has an orbital period of 76 years.

 A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from such sources as asteroids or comets, that originates in outer space and survives its impact with the Earth's surface. It is called a meteoroid before its impact.