medal and fan!!!

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medal and fan!!!

anonymous · Answer

A new object, Object Y, was discovered outside our solar system. Object Y is small and rocky, is not a satellite of any other object, and it does not have enough gravity to clear away smaller objects near its orbit. The characteristics of Object Y most closely resemble those of other

 comets.
 dwarf planets.
 moons.
 meteors.

anonymous · Answer

@TheSmartOne can you help me with this please?

anonymous · Answer

i think it is d

thesmartone · Answer

"Object Y is small and rocky, is not a satellite of any other object"

Which option can we eliminate?

Hint: The moon is Earth's satellite

anonymous · Answer

b?

anonymous · Answer

I think that it can be an asteroid or a meteror, since an asteroid or a meteor has little dimensions, and is not a massive object. According to General Relativity, the gravity exerted by an object, depends on the mass of such object, so if the mass of an object is small, then  its gravitational field is weak.

anonymous · Answer

right?

anonymous · Answer

@TheSmartOne are you there?

thesmartone · Answer

it cannot be an asteroid as they orbit something

anonymous · Answer

oh

thesmartone · Answer

we can also eliminate moons as they orbit something too

anonymous · Answer

do dwarf planets orbit something?

thesmartone · Answer

they orbit a sun

keigh2015 · Answer

Pluto is a dwarf planet, so they orbit the sun

thesmartone · Answer

http://assets.openstudy.com/updates/attachments/54188054e4b0ffbe0b0cf63d-kaylaprincess-1410892024642-11068.jpg mhmm

thesmartone · Answer

http://prntscr.com/98gww5 comets are out of the list too

thesmartone · Answer

so it will have to be a meteor

so you're correct :)

anonymous · Answer

so then its d

thesmartone · Answer

$\color{blue}{\text{Originally Posted by}}$ @hockeybeast10
i think it is d
$\color{blue}{\text{End of Quote}}$

good job (:

anonymous · Answer

oh okay thank you so much :)

thesmartone · Answer

no problem :)