SMALL

BODIES OF
THE SOLAR
SYSTEM
Adriana Rivera Landrau
Andrea Alvarado Marrero
 OBJECTIVE

o THE OBJECTIVE IS FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SO

MUCH MORE IN OUR UNIVERSE APART FROM THE PLANETS AND
THE SUN
DWARF PLANETS
o A DWARF PLANET IS A BODY THAT ORBITS THE SUN AND
HAS ENOUGH MASS TO BE ROUND, BUT HAS NOT
CLEARED ITS ORBITAL PATH

o KNOWN DWARF PLANETS ARE LOCATED IN THE ASTEROID

BELT AND IN THE KUIPER BELT

o DWARF PLANETS ARE MADE OF ROCK AND ICE

 ERIS
o IS THE MOST DISTANT DWARF PLANET FROM THE SUN
AND HAS THE GREATEST MASS

o IT IS THE SECOND LARGEST DWARF PLANET

o IT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED FPR THE POSITION OF

TENTH PLANET
 HAUMEA
o IS UNIQUE IN ITS ELONGATED SHAPE MAKING IT
THE LEAST SPHERICAL OF THE DWARF PLANETS

o IT IS THE THIRD CLOSEST DWARF PLANET FROM THE

SUN

o IT HAS A DARK RED SPOT

 MAKEMAKE
o IT IS THE SECOND FURTHEST DWARF PLANET FROM THE
SUN

o IS THE THIRD LARGEST DWARF PLANET IN THE SOLAR

SYSTEM

o IT IS THE SECOND BRIGHTEST KUIPER BELT OBJECT

AFTER PLUTO
 CERES
o IT IS THE CLOSEST DWARF PLANET TO THE SUN

o IT IS THE ONLY DWARF PLANET IN THE INNER SOLAR

SYSTEM

o IT IS THE SMALLEST OF THE BODIES CURRENT

CLASSIFIED AS DWARF PLANETS

o IT HAS A MYSTERIOUS WHITE SPOT

o IT IS THE ONLY DWARF PLANET WITH NO MOONS

 PLUTO
o IT IS THE SECOND CLOSEST DWARF PLANET TO THE
SUN

o IT WAS CLASSIFIED AT ONE POINT AS THE NINTH

PLANET

o IT HAS FIVE KNOWN MOONS

o IT IS THE LARGEST DWARF PLANET

o IT IS ONE THIRD WATER

COMETS
o A COMET IS A SMALL BODY OF ICE, ROCK, AND DUST
THAT FOLLOWS AN ELLIPTICAL ORBIT AROUND THE
SUN. IT ALSO GIVES OFF GAS AND DUST IN THE FORM
OF A COMA AND TAIL AS IT PASSES CLOSE TO THE
SUN
 SINGLE
APPARITION
SUN GRAZING
COMETS
DEAD COMETS
EXOCOMETS
ASTEROIDS
o AN ASTEROID IS A SMALL, ROCKY OBJECT THAT
ORBITS THE SUN

o MOST OF THEM ARE FOUND IN THE ASTEROID BELT,

SOME ARE FOUND IN THE ORBITS OF PLANETS AND
SOME CROSS THE ORBITS OF EARTH AND VENUS
 C-TYPE
o ARE THE MOST COMMON

o THEY ARE CARBONACEOUS AND CONSIST OF CLAY

AND SILICATE ROCKS

o THEY ARE THE FURTHEST RROM THE SUN

o THEY CAN CONTAIN UP TO 22% WATER

 S-TYPE
o THEY ARE SILICATE AND ARE MADE UP OF STONY
MATERIALS AND NICKEL-IRON

o THEY INHABIT THE INNER ASTEROID BELT

 M-TYPE
o THEY ARE METALLIC AND ARE MADE UP MOSTLY OF
NICKEL-IRON

o THEY ARE FOUND IN THE MIDDLE REGION OF THE

ASTEROID BELT
 METEOR
o A METEOR IS A BRIGHT STREAK OF LIGHT THAT RESULTS
WHEN A METEOROID BURNS UP IN EARTH'S
ATMOSPHERE
 METEOROID
o A METEOROID IS A SMALL, ROCKY BODY THAT
TRAVELS THROUGH SPACE
 METEORITE
o A METEORITE IS A METEOROID THAT REACHES EARTH'S
SURFACE WITHOUT BURNING UP COMPLETELY