14 Fun Facts About Comets: Educational Version
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Comets often streak across the night sky. They are fascinating flashes of light, but how much do we really know about them? Here are some things that scientists do know.
Find out:
What the name comet means.
How comets are named.
When the earliest comets were recorded.
How scientists predict when a comet will return.
What a comet’s tail is made of.
The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.
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Jeannie Meekins
Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com
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14 Fun Facts About Comets - Jeannie Meekins
14 FUN FACTS ABOUT
COMETS
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 space and our universe, the more information we are discovering.
Editor: Jennifer Robinson
Title page pictures by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Smashwords Edition
Text (c) Copyright 2007 Jeannie Meekins. All rights reserved.
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14 Fun Facts About Comets/Jeannie Meekins
Summary: A brief look at comets.
1. Comets. Juvenile Literature. 2. Space. Juvenile Literature.
Created in USA
Words: 1710
Reading Level: 6.4
Ages 9 and up.
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Comets often streak across the night sky. They are fascinating flashes of light, but how much do we really know about them? Here are some things that scientists do know.
Comet Hale-Bopp in the constellation Andromeda (NASA).
Fact 1: The Name Comet means long haired star.
When ancient peoples first saw comets, they looked like fuzzy stars that had tails. They streaked across the night sky with their tail streaming way behind them.
The ancient Greeks had a lot to do with