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A ___________ is a big rock covered with snow and dirt.
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comet
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A comet orbits the sun in an ________ shape and travels far beyond Pluto.
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oval
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Halley's comet took ______ years to orbit the sun.
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76
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The biggest and brightest comet that has come to earth was Comet ________________.
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Hale-Bopp
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____________________ are rocks and dirt that is given off by comets.
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Meteorites
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When a meteorite goes by, it sends _________ off of it.
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rocks
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___________________ are rocks that orbit the sun; they are like comets, but bigger!
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Asteroids
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Asteroids are made up of earth like material like ________, rock, and carbon.
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iron
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When an asteroid hits the earth, it is called a ___________.
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meteorite
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A planet may have exploded at one point and created this asteroid ____________.
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belt
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