I WONDER - How Do Comets Get Their Name?

The video explains how comets are named, often after their discoverers or those who studied them. It highlights famous comets like Halley's Comet, named after Edmund Halley, and Comet Swift-Tuttle, named after Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle. Additionally, it discusses the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet, discovered by Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy.

How are comets typically named?

• After the location they were found

• After the people who discovered or studied them

• After the year they were discovered

• After their size and shape

Who was Halley's Comet named after?

• Horace Parnell Tuttle

• Lewis Swift

• David Levy

• Edmund Halley

Which comet was named after Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle?

• Comet Swift-Tuttle

• Shoemaker-Levy 9

• Halley's Comet

• Comet Encke

What number periodic comet was Shoemaker-Levy 9?

• 10th

• 9th

• 8th

• 7th

Who were the discoverers of Shoemaker-Levy 9?

• Lewis Swift and Horace Parnell Tuttle

• Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker and David Levy

• Edmund Halley and David Levy

• Eugene Shoemaker and Lewis Swift