https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69 If you were able to choose one of the three space rocks to travel on, which one would you choose and why? Include a unique characteristic of that space rock in your answer. Write your answer in the appropriate column (you only need to choose ONE column to type in). Your FIRST & LAST name should be the "title" and your response should go where it says "write something..." en-us 2017-09-25 03:17:03 UTC 2017-09-25 17:15:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931095 I would choose the comet as it has a large nucleus so that I would not fall off and it glows brightly ,giving me light to see what's ahead ]]> 2017-09-25 17:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931095 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931122 I would want to travel travel on an asteroid because it is also called a minor planet. It revolves around the sun, in the asteroid belt, and it would be cool to see all of the other asteroids. Although more than 50,000 have been discovered, you can't see the asteroids from earth, so it would be cool to see it up close, since you can't see it without a telescope. I wouldn't burn up, and I might be able to see both the inner and outer planets since the asteroid belt is located in between them. ]]> 2017-09-25 17:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931122 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931223 I would want to ride an asteroid because they orbit around the sun, and most of asteroids don’t lose orbit and crash into planets or fly off into space so I would safe]]> 2017-09-25 17:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931223 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931245 I would choose to ride an Astroid because they revolve around the sun and would be a really cool way of looking at the different planets and stars. Asteroids are a a few meters in size to almost 1000 km in diameter. This would be the safest way of traveling as Astroids don’t usually crash into other objects in space.]]> 2017-09-25 17:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931245 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931481 A comet sounds the coolest (literally, it’s made of ice) and it would be nice to see the tails and the coma from up close. And unlike the others, comets have an atmosphere when the approach the sun, so I would more likely be able to breathe,]]> 2017-09-25 17:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931481 341838 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931524 I would want to travel on an asteroid beacuse asteroids are small in size, compared to the other celestial bodies. They also orbit/revolve around the sun, and have unusual orbits, sometimes close to the other planets, which you can see from the asteroid. Also, asteroids don't tend to crash into other celestial bodies like meteorites do. ]]> 2017-09-25 17:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931524 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931567 I would like to travel on an astroid because it is probably the biggest out of all the space rocks. ]]> 2017-09-25 17:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931567 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931574 I think that traveling on an asteroid would be my preference because they can be large in size and they don't have an icy shell. They are also in between the planets so I would be able to see the planets.]]> 2017-09-25 17:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931574 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931646 I would choose to travel to a comet out of any space rock as comets' orbits can reach very far out into the solar system, into the Kuiper belt, as well as get closer to the sun and the planets as they have elliptical orbits around the sun. This way, I could see many parts of the solar system all at once, like the Kuiper belt, the planets all along the solar system, the asteroid belt, meteoroids, and the sun along with many other space objects. I would also be able to learn more about the tails of comets which are made of a comet's ice which was turned into gas due to the heat from the heat from the sun as well as ions. This way, I could also learn about how a tail of a comet always moves away from the sun.]]> 2017-09-25 17:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931646 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931660 I would want to visit a comet because I would love to actually be inside the coma, and see the comet's two tails (the dust tail and the ion tail). Also, assuming that I lived long enough, I would get to see the Kuiper Belt, and maybe even the Oort Cloud. I also wouldn't have to spend money on refrigeration because of the comet's icy shell. I could also skate on the shell. I would also get an amazing view of meteor showers, as meteors come from comets.]]> 2017-09-25 17:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931660 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931702 If I had the chance to travel on any soace rock, I would want to go on a Comet. This is because comets have an elliptical orbit around the sun. They can be very close to the sun or they can be past our solar system, depending on which stage of their orbit they are in. If I were to travel on a comet, I would be able to see how it feels to close to the sun and and see past the solar system, where no one has ever been before. Unlike the other space rocks, Comets have a very small chance of hitting other celestial objects. So I would be pretty safe as long as I didn't get pulled into the coma. ]]> 2017-09-25 17:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931702 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931770 I would prefer to travel on an asteroid because they range in size from a few meters to about 1,000 km in diameter. This is beneficial to me as there will be a lot of space on the surface of an asteroid for me to make myself comfortable. In addition, most asteroids appear in the asteroid belt, which revolves around the sun and lies between Mars and Jupiter. The fact that the asteroid belt orbits the sun ensures that I will receive sunlight on a daily basis. ]]> 2017-09-25 17:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931770 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931830 A comet has two tails (dust and ion) that I would like to see. It is created by solar winds. I would also like to see the coma and see the icy shell surrounding a comet. A comet also orbits the sun (depending on where it is) so I would be able to see the sun and during other parts of its orbit, planets. ]]> 2017-09-25 17:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931830 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931967 I would go to a comet because they have two tails-one dust and one ion.]]> 2017-09-25 17:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931967 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931979 I would want to travel to an asteroid because it is located in the asteroid belt in between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.]]> 2017-09-25 17:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190931979 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932024 I would want to ride on an asteroid because they are near planets, because they also orbit the sun and because there's a lesser chance that they would collide into other objects ]]> 2017-09-25 17:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932024 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932224 I would travel ]]> 2017-09-25 17:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932224 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932294 Traveling on a comet is the best to me because they have 2 tails of ion particles and dust. They glow, and since they are made of ice, they probably wouldn't get to 1000's  of degrees when they pass close to the sun, and can replenish their ice when they get close to Pluto in their elliptical orbit.]]> 2017-09-25 17:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932294 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932353 I would like to travel on an asteroid because I would :-
1. Live longer than the other two because asteroids are not very hot nor very cold or small 
2. The temperature might be cold but it's better than being hurdled through space on a ball of ice or fire (by that I mean hot rocks). And since it's big I could get a bit comfortable on it as their diameters could easily be as big as 1000 km.
3. If all this is possible then can't a telescope appear out of nowhere? Than I can see everything almost all the planets maybe beyond]]> 2017-09-25 17:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932353 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932646 I’d like to travel on an asteroid because it stays in orbit around the Sun and wouldn’t hit anything. ]]> 2017-09-25 17:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932646 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932678 I would like to travel to a comet because I want to know what the Oort Cloud actually looks like. They also surround the solar system beyond Pluto, and I would want to see what is there.]]> 2017-09-25 17:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932678 338359 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932884 I would like to be on a comet to examine the coma (tail) of the comet. Also, to be able to see a close-up of the sun and go as far as the Oort Cloud.]]> 2017-09-25 17:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932884 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932956 I'd like to travel on an asteroid because it is the space rock that travels the closest to other planets. It has a possibility of hitting something else, but I would not burn up while going through the Earth's atmosphere, and I would not be set on fire because I went very close/touched the Sun. Most astroids are in the astroid belt, which means that it has a relatively circular orbit. Comets have a very elliptical orbit, some going all the way to the end of the solar system. That sudden drop in temperature would kill me instantly, but this is all assuming that I would be able to survive in space.]]> 2017-09-25 17:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932956 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932999 I would travel on an asteroid because it is fairly close to the sun in its orbit and is almost the size of a planet. The orbit is important because comets have very long, elliptical orbits that drastically change its temperature. Asteroid orbit the sun in the asteroid belt, which would make it a good temperature. And, unlike meteors, asteroids don't have a large chance of hitting a planet. This is important because if it were to happen, I would die. Asteroids are also left over from the creation of the solar system, so it would be interesting to see what it is made of.]]> 2017-09-25 17:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190932999 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190933204 I would like to travel on a comet as they travel a safe distance from the sun so their would not be a risk of running into the sun and it also has the smallest chance of crashing into something else as compared to meteoroids and asteroids. Also comets travel past Neptune, Pluto, the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud, this way I can see various parts of the solar system.]]> 2017-09-25 17:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190933204 3739771 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190933427 Some Meteoroids are as old  as the universe this is why I would examine the meteoroid to see our past they are also scattered throughout the universe so I could jump on other meteoroids to go to different star systems like the alpha centuri planet system which has an habitable planet. I would want to see if the Goldilocks zone in the star system contained life]]> 2017-09-25 17:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190933427 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190933905 I would like to travel on a comet because most meteors end up crashing into something like a celestial body or the sun. I would not really like to ride on an asteroid because it would be very cold and I would not be able to see anything other than Mars and Jupiter. As a comet, I would go around the entire Solar System without crashing into anything and being able to see a lot of the Solar System. Comets are huge and can be larger than asteroids. Also, in an asteroid, it would be very cold. In a meteor, I would sometimes get close to the sun and the ice would warm into a gas,which would provide proper heating.]]> 2017-09-25 17:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190933905 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190934238 Meher Brar
I would choose to ride an asteroid because they are the most similar to a planet. The pull of Jupiter's gravity prevented ths material from coming together to from a planet.. Most asteroids orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt, which is between Mars and Jupiter, so I would be able to see those two planets. I might also be able to see moons because some asteroids have moons. I might hit the Earth because the gravity of other planets could throw off the orbit of my asteroid, causing me to hurtle into space. Lastly, I could also see other asteroids in the asteroid belt.]]> 2017-09-25 17:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190934238 339096 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190934282 I would like to travel on a asteroid because asteroid travel in a orbit that is close to the sun and out to farther ends. And an asteroid is the closest resemblance as a planet.]]> 2017-09-25 17:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190934282 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190934566 I rather ride on a comet because there is a lower chance of going crashing at Earth. Even though it's cold because of the ice layer, it eventually melt into gas as it gets close to the sun. I searched up the average size of a comet and it was about 50,000 miles wide.]]> 2017-09-25 17:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190934566 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190934818 I would like to travel on a comet because of the two tails that are formed by the sun heat and the solar wind. The two different kind of tails on a comet, the dust tail and the ion tail would be interesting to observe because they are very bright and they can be very long.]]> 2017-09-25 17:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190934818 https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190935189 I would rather travel to a comet because they have the least chance of hitting other object than with an asteroid that is near other asteroids. ]]> 2017-09-25 17:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ranganathan_anu/7l9n9pjk9p69/wish/190935189