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Exploring Space & Planetary Defense High School & University
Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors
Course Access: 365 days access
Course Overview
Lessons By: Denise Wright, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Space rocks are often thought to just be neat collectables, but they can reveal a lot about our solar system! This course explains the three most common types of space rocks– asteroids, comets, and meteors– as well as the characteristics of each.
Index:
- Introduction
Announcements - Introduction
- Space Rocks: What’s the Difference?
- Studying Space Rocks
- The Discovery of the First Asteroid
- Asteroid Mining
- Planetary Defense
- The Journey of a Meteor
- Comets
- Quiz: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors
- Send a Postcard to Space!
