14 Fun Facts About the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud: Educational Version

By Jeannie Meekins

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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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Oct 3, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301756810

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 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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Text (c) Copyright 2012 Jeannie Meekins. All rights reserved.

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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