14 Fun Facts About the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud: Educational Version
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It was once thought that our solar system ended at Saturn. Then the first telescopes revealed Uranus and Neptune. Differences in the calculations of the gravity of these giants set off another search and Pluto was discovered.
Pluto was then thought to be the last planet of our solar system. Beyond it was empty space – until astronomers started looking at comets.
Huge balls of ice, zipping through the solar system, past the planets, around the sun and back out again. Where did they come from? Where did they go? And what made them come back?
That’s when scientists discovered the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud.
Reed this book and find out:
How many types of comets are there?
What formed the Kuiper Belt?
How big is the Kuiper Belt?
What is the Oort Cloud?
How big is the Oort Cloud?
How long does it take sunlight to reach the Oort Cloud?
Find out the answers to these questions and more and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.
Ages 8 and up.
All measurements in American and metric.
Educational versions have CCSS activities.
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Jeannie Meekins
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14 Fun Facts About the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud - Jeannie Meekins
14 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE
KUIPER BELT AND THE OORT CLOUD
By Jeannie Meekins
A LearningIsland.com
15 - Minute Book
We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.
Editor: Jennifer Robinson
Pictures by NASA
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14 Fun Facts About the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud / Jeannie Meekins
Summary: A brief look at the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud in our solar system.
1. Kuiper Belt. Juvenile Literature. 2. Oort Cloud. Juvenile Literature. 3. Solar System. Juvenile Literature. 4. Astronomy. Juvenile Literature.
Created in USA
Words: 2599
Reading Level: 6.8
Ages 9 and up.
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It was once thought that our solar system ended at Saturn. Then the first telescopes revealed Uranus and Neptune. Differences in the calculations of the gravity of these giants set off another search and Pluto was discovered.
Pluto was then thought to be the last planet of our solar system. Beyond it was empty space – until astronomers started looking at comets.
Huge balls of ice, zipping through the solar system, past the planets, around the sun and back out again. Where did they come from? Where did they go? And what made them come back?
Fact 1: There are two types of comets
There are