Exam 14: Solar System Debris: Keys to Our Origin

Pluto's moon is most similar to:

Pluto was discovered in:

Asteroids can be piles of rubble, as well as solid objects.

What role did Percival Lowell play that led to the discovery and naming of Pluto?

Most comets are discovered when their coma develops, giving them a fuzzy appearanceinstead of stellar such as asteroids.

The Kirkwood Gaps in the asteroid belt are due to resonances with Jupiter.

The nucleus, or main solid body, of a comet has a typical size of:

Rosetta, Giotto, Vega 2 and Stardust are all spacecraft that visited (made a close approach orlanded on)comets.

Pluto was named after the Roman god of the dark underworld, and also for ________.

Which of these spacecraft did not visit (make a close approach to or land on)a comet?

The orbital resonances with Jupiter are shown in the:

Pluto's largest moon is:

Carbonaceous meteorites contain organic molecules, even amino acids.

How does Pluto's perihelion distance compare to Neptune's?

From its orbit, we now recognize Pluto as one of the largest members of the:

Pluto's atmosphere does not change significantly during the course of its year.

Meteor shower debris is believed to come from:

Dactyl was photographed by the Galileo spacecraft. It is:

What part of a comet has only been seen in detail by a space probe?

Triton and Pluto both probably originated in the Kuiper Belt.