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Show answers - Question 130 secondsReport an issueQ. On the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the Norman invasion in the year 1066, which comet is shown?answer choices
- Question 230 secondsReport an issueQ. Which king, in 1066, considered the sighting of a comet as a good omen?answer choices
- Question 330 secondsReport an issueQ. Which comet was seen by Phil Plait, in 2007, very near the Sun in broad daylight?answer choices
- Question 430 secondsReport an issueQ. Unlike asteroids, which are mostly rock, comets are a more balanced mixture of _____answer choices
- Question 530 secondsReport an issueQ. Comets, being composed of frozen gases, rocks, gravel, and dust, are often called _____answer choices
- Question 630 secondsReport an issueQ. As comets progress through their elliptical orbits, they are heated mostly by _____answer choices
- Question 730 secondsReport an issueQ. The process of ice turning directly into a gas is called _____answer choices
- Question 830 secondsReport an issueQ. In the past, because comets look fuzzy, they’ve been called _____answer choices
- Question 930 secondsReport an issueQ. The solid part of a comet is called the _____answer choices
- Question 1030 secondsReport an issueQ. What is the gaseous cloud around a comet called?answer choices
- Question 1130 secondsReport an issueQ. When gas molecules emitted by a comet lose electrons, they are said to be _____answer choices
- Question 1230 secondsReport an issueQ. The “ion tail”, produced by the solar wind acting on ionized gas, points _____answer choices
- Question 1330 secondsReport an issueQ. Which comet appeared incredibly bright and gorgeous in 1997?answer choices
- Question 1430 secondsReport an issueQ. The dust stream from a comet points _____answer choices
- Question 1530 secondsReport an issueQ. Short-period comets are defined as comets with an orbital period less than _____answer choices
- Question 1630 secondsReport an issueQ. Comets that take a path directly into the sun are called _____answer choices
- Question 1730 secondsReport an issueQ. What was the first spacecraft to successfully get pictures of the nucleus of a comet?answer choices
- Question 1830 secondsReport an issueQ. In the detailed photos of Comet Halley, what percentage of light was reflected from the nucleus?answer choices
- Question 1930 secondsReport an issueQ. Which word best describes the surface of comets?answer choices
- Question 2030 secondsReport an issueQ. Which European mission studied a young comet that looked like a "cosmic rubber ducky"?answer choices
- Question 2130 secondsReport an issueQ. What happened to Philae, the lander sent down by Rosetta?answer choices
- Question 2230 secondsReport an issueQ. In 2004, what complex molecules were detected in the coma of comet Wild 2?answer choices
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