difference between asteroids and meteoroids?
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Asteroid: a large rocky body in space, in orbit around the Sun.Meteoroid: much smaller rocks or particles in orbit around the Sun. Meteor: If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere and vaporizes, it becomes a meteor, which is often called a shooting star.
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Meteoroids are much smaller than asteroids
Meteoroids are Typically less than 10m, they are too small that when they fall into earth(as meteor) they vapourise.
Asteroid - Does not produce an atmosphere
Meteoroid- Does not produce an atmosphere; small enough to "burn up" when crashing into a planet like earth.
Both orbit around the Sun
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Meteoroids are Typically less than 10m, they are too small that when they fall into earth(as meteor) they vapourise.
Asteroid - Does not produce an atmosphere
Meteoroid- Does not produce an atmosphere; small enough to "burn up" when crashing into a planet like earth.
Both orbit around the Sun
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