Equinoxes are days in which day and night are of equal duration. The solstices are days when the Sun reaches its farthest northern and southern declinations.
2) ... can be described as large dirty, icy snowballs.
comets asteroids meteors
3) To observe sunspots, you need ...
a solar filter to take great care expert advice first all the above - be careful !
4) Do equinoxes mark the beginning of winter and summer?
True False
5) Centaurs are half asteroid-half comet objects in orbits between Jupiter and Neptune.
6) Pick the correct statement:
Totality has to do with eclipses. Totality has to do with meteors. Totality has to do with comets.
7) Which statement is true ?
Falling stars are comets. Falling stars are asteroids. Falling stars are meteors.
8) Pick the true statement:
The coma is part of the head of a comet. The coma is part of the tail of a comet.
9) The orbits of comets are ...
circular eccentric
10) Pick the correct statement:
The solstices are when the day and night are equal in length in time. The equinoxes are when the day and night are equal in length in time.
