Question

Defferentiate between meteors and comets​

Answer 1

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• ⚝Mᴇᴛᴏʀs : A meteoroid that enters the earth’s atmosphere and vaporizes. Also called a “shooting star.”

• ⚝Cᴏᴍᴇᴛs : A body of ice, rock and dust that can be several miles in diameter and orbits the sun. Debris from comets is the source of many meteoroids.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Meteoroid: A “space rock”—a relatively small object traveling through space, between the size of a grain of dust and a small asteroid. Meteor: A meteoroid that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up. ... Comet: An object made mostly of ice and dust, often with a gas halo and tail, that sometimes orbits the sun.