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Thank you We sneak in comets asteroids and meteors Allah

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shmoop all right This is iraq And this is iraq

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If they're not just lifeless motionless hunks of minerals oh

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no they're alive Really They're alive They move through space

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with purpose They have personalities they have hopes dreams and

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fears Just like all of us rocks are our best

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friends They gave me our pets Okay so maybe not

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everyone is is pumped up about rocks Is this guy

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but those rocks hurtling through space or certainly more interesting

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than your run of the mill paperweight over the centuries

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we've come up with many cute little names for all

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those wacky cosmic objects whizzing by over our heads You've

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probably heard of all three of these guys but you

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know the difference between him Would you be able to

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identify one if it climbed a ladder and snuck through

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your bedroom window when i e that's probably bad example

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that would hurt you Call the police no matter what

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type astrological body breaks in your house after dark Okay

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so here's the low down on this stuff that's high

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up we'll start with comets Comets are bits of icy

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rock hurtling through space but because they're trapped in orbit

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around a star they keep showing their face every so

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often just how we're able to predict when comments like

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remember haley's comet are due to make a return visit

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come round round round they don't actually have flaming tails

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shame because that'd be pretty cool Instead when they passed

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close to the sun they heat up and they out

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Gas was really know disgusting but because they're gashes emission

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can't keep up with them It appears as if they've

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got a tail As far as we know this is

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the only comet with a tail All right Okay then

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How about asteroids Well an asteroid is really just a

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mini planet because it would be too hard for second

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graders to memorise the names of one hundred fifty million

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planets Astronomers decided a long time ago to assign a

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different name to these lesser planetary bodies but like some

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of them are really tiny smaller than your house even

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some of them you might even be able to hey

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in a fist fight Although don't try Many asteroids were

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located in the asteroid belt and area between mars and

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jupiter with a very high concentration of asteroids and is

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any fashion conscious individual knows it goes great with a

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pair of asteroid boots out of the picture Okay finally

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meteors what's their deal well Every once in a while

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a meteoroid or big honking piece of rock is sometimes

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called enters first atmosphere But when it does that at

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least behind a visible trail of light which of course

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is the perfect time to kneel by your window in

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which for peace on earth goodwill toward men and a

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million dollars Yep meters are what we call shooting stars

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right Fancy shooting star j h dot com for details

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There really aren't stars at all even if they're made

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out of similar stuff When a bunch of them entered

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the atmosphere at one time you may be lucky enough

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to witness a meteor shower although we still recommend bathing

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yourself indoors So there you are Now you know a

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little bit about thes floating rocks in space and hopefully 00:02:54.76 --> [endTime] they stay there You need to get some sleep

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