Comets are asteroids that breach the atmosphere.
That concludes our astronomy lesson for today. :)
English
-
When a meteor makes impact its called a meteorite THIS concludes todays astronomy lesson
-
Stars consist of hydrogen and helium based fusion reactions... :'(
-
*most
-
My days of teaching myself physics and astronomy using Wikipedia pages are over...
-
Edited by davidoff121: 1/5/2015 3:15:17 PMYeah its a technicality really. Once hydrogen and helium has been depleted the fusion carries on with heavier elements until iron is created which absorbs, rather than outputs energy, meaning the star collapses under it's own gravity and the resulting bounce back causes a supernovae More a hobby than actual qualifications Edit. If the star has enough mass
-
If it's too small, it just fizzles out. Quite like my knowledge on these matters. :P
-
I best do some work, nice chat add me if your ps4. Psn same as username
-
XBONE, unfortunately. :/ I'll follow you on the forums, if that does anything. Science chats are some of the best chats. :D
-
Spot on, after increasing massively in size
-
That's when it's a... red giant?...
-
Yeah which is the eventual outcome for our sun
-
Looking forward to it :P
-
Edited by davidoff121: 1/5/2015 2:49:02 PMYour getting comet mixed up with meteor here ;)
-
Nooooo! Don't take away my teaching license!
-
Unless your American its *licence Bloody Americans ruining our language ;) Seriously give up the day job if you do teach
-
No, I would not condemn myself to such a profession (no offence to anyone who is a teacher; it's not my thing) and whoops, I've always spelt it incorrectly then... Grey/Gray Colour/Color Licence/License WHY!?
-
Americans wanting to put their stamp on it I suppose
-
It's quite interesting, maintaining two conversations with the same person simultaneously.
-
Keeps one on their toes ;)